Shanice
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-NEES
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,856 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Shanice is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,856th for girls in the UK (9 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Shanice mean?
Modern: Sha- prefix + names like Janice and Denise
An American coinage combining the Sha- prefix with the ending of names like Janice and Denise.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Shanice a girl's or a boy's name?
Shanice is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shanice in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,856th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady much the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the UK were named Shanice, making it the 2,856th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 209 girls.
2025 had more girls named Shanice than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Shanice in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2006. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,786th in England and Wales.
Shanice in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,856 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 26 | #1,365 |
| 2012 | 39 | #999 |
| 2011 | 46 | #858 |
| 2010 | 32 | #1,112 |
| 2009 | 44 | #844 |
| 2008 | 57 | #703 |
| 2007 | 75 | #548 |
| 2006 | 52 | #673 |
| 2005 | 98 | #425 |
| 2004 | 99 | #410 |
| 2003 | 86 | #448 |
| 2002 | 88 | #415 |
| 2001 | 117 | #334 |
| 2000 | 118 | #324 |
| 1999 | 129 | #298 |
| 1998 | 177 | #258 |
| 1997 | 194 | #236 |
| 1996 | 209 | #215 |
How popular is Shanice in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Shanice, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 1,859 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Shanice in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shanice in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 10 | #9,557 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 16 | #7,096 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 26 | #5,141 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,515 |
| 2009 | 56 | #3,046 |
| 2008 | 71 | #2,609 |
| 2007 | 75 | #2,485 |
| 2006 | 97 | #2,031 |
| 2005 | 91 | #2,056 |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,613 |
| 2003 | 132 | #1,476 |
| 2002 | 123 | #1,534 |
| 2001 | 137 | #1,383 |
| 2000 | 174 | #1,156 |
| 1999 | 310 | #726 |
| 1998 | 214 | #957 |
| 1997 | 252 | #820 |
| 1996 | 319 | #684 |
| 1995 | 481 | #508 |
| 1994 | 782 | #342 |
| 1993 | 1,345 | #212 |
| 1992 | 1,859 | #162 |
| 1991 | 304 | #700 |
| 1990 | 289 | #721 |
| 1989 | 537 | #452 |
| 1988 | 938 | #270 |
| 1987 | 140 | #1,088 |
| 1986 | 39 | #2,511 |
| 1985 | 106 | #1,269 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 22 | #3,554 |
| 1982 | 25 | #3,343 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 19 | #3,991 |
| 1979 | 18 | #4,051 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 12 | #4,532 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Nicknames for Shanice
Names like Shanice
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Jasmine, Chloe, Amber, Zoe, Hannah, Sarah, Nicole, Molly, Erin, Elise, Michelle, Jessica
Names related to Shanice
Shaniqua, Shaniece, Shanika, Shanique, Shenice, Shannice, Shanyce, Shaunice, Shanik, Shaneka
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shanice: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shanice, updated 20 October 2026.