Shaunice
Feminine
Shaunice is an American name of the seventies to the nineties that joins Shaun to the -nice of Janice and Bernice. Its last four letters spell Nice, the city on the French Riviera, which Greek sailors named for a victory.
How old is the name Shaunice?
Shaunice first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Shaunice alive today was born around 1993, making them about 32 years old. About 600 people named Shaunice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Shaunice most popular?
Shaunice peaked in 1992, reaching #1947 nationally. See the whole 1992 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Shaunice
Greek colonists from Massalia, the city that became Marseille, founded a settlement on the Riviera around the fourth century BC and named it Nikaia, probably for a victory over their neighbors; it became Nice. Shaunice was not named for it; it came from Shaun and the soft -ice of Janice and Bernice. But its ending is the name of a sunlit city built to remember a win.
Meaningnot established
Not established
Shaunice joins Shaun to an -ice ending, and nothing records the join.
Pronouncing Shaunice
shaw-NEES
Two syllables with the stress on the second.
Nicknames for Shaunice
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
- 1974
- Most girls named
- 199271 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1947reached in 1992
- Change vs 2010
- 0.0%7 in 2011, from 7
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.
Shaunices among us
people named Shaunice 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
Shaunice 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
- Easy to say once heard.
- Rare, so a Shaunice is unlikely to share her name.
- Close to familiar names.
- Shaunise and Shonice are likely guesses.
- It is closely tied to its era.
- It has no documented meaning of its own.
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Frequently asked
- How many Shaunices are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Shaunice are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Shaunice in 2025?
- Shaunice is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
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- Shaunice will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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