Shanise
Feminine
Shanise uses an s where the neighboring spellings use a c, and both spell the same sound. English inherited two letters for one consonant here and has never sorted them out: the c is French and the s is native, and which one a name gets depends on which family it is copying rather than on anything about the word.
How old is the name Shanise?
Shanise first appears in US birth records in 1968 — 57 years ago. The typical Shanise alive today was born around 1991, making them about 34 years old. About 1,400 people named Shanise are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shanise most popular?
Shanise peaked in 1992, reaching #1248 nationally. See the whole 1992 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From A productive American front to Shanise
Our story of Shanise
English has a genuine surplus of letters for this sound. Native words use s, borrowed French words often use c before e or i, and a few use both in the same word for no reason anybody can defend. That leaves a name-maker with a free choice and no guidance, and the choice ends up carrying information about company rather than about sound: the c spelling looks French, the s spelling looks plainer, and neither changes what a listener hears. What is worth being straight about is that the ending is genuinely French in origin and this name is not. Borrowing a suffix is not the same as borrowing a word, and a name assembled from a native front and an imported ending belongs to the language that assembled it.
Meaningnot established
Not established
There is no word behind the combination. The front belongs to a large family of American coinages and the ending is a French feminine suffix that arrived here attached to other names and came loose. Reference works offering a French derivation are reading the ending's ancestry rather than this name's; no French word or name lies behind it.
How the name formed
- A productive American front
- A French feminine ending detached from other names
- Shanise, Shanice and Shaniece together
- The family receding across one generation
Pronouncing Shanise
shuh-NEECE
Two syllables with the stress at the back. The ending rhymes with piece rather than with rise, which the s spelling makes slightly less obvious than the c one and which is the commonest mistake a stranger makes.
Nicknames for Shanise
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1968
- Most girls named
- 1992139 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1248reached in 1992
- Change vs 2014
- −44.4%5 in 2016, from 9
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Shanises among us
people named Shanise are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Shanise sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The back stress gives it a lift and it is memorable once heard.
- The sound is transparent and needs no coaching.
- It is distinctive without being difficult, which is a narrow band.
- Shanice is commoner and this spelling will be converted into it constantly.
- The s ending invites a reading that rhymes with rise, which is wrong.
- There is no meaning to give, and the French look is borrowed rather than inherited.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Shanise to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Shanise? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Shanise
Feminine
Frequently asked
- How many Shanises are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,400 people named Shanise are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shanise in 2025?
- Shanise is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Shanise with classmates?
- Shanise will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More S names
The most-given names starting with S, all years combined.
Susan#1085 · Sarah#90 · Sandra#1207 · Stephanie#557 · Sharon#1250 · Shirley#1581 · Samantha#151 · Sophia#5
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Shanise? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Shanise and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle