Shanice

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A few things about Shanice you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Shanice

Shanice van de Sanden

Dutch footballer

Choose Shanice and your child shares a first name with Shanice van de Sanden, a Dutch footballer. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Shanice, like who?” Shanice van de Sanden's Wikipedia article is available in 24 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Pierre-Yves Beaudouin, CC BY-SA 4.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 227,273 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Shanice, 7 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Shanice would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryShanice first shows up in US birth records in 1968, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 57 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1992, when it ranked #162. Today it's #11,932, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowShanice was 22× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 10,438 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 227,273.
• 🍂TrendShanice has slipped 5,009 places over the last five years and now sits at #11,932. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.

About the name Shanice

Shanice is a girl name of American origin. It has 7 letters and 2 syllables, starting with S and ending in “-ice”. US birth records list Shanice for girls from 1968 to 2025, in 57 of those 58 years. Its best year was 1992, when it ranked #162 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #11,932, with 7 babies.

Origin:American names