Shanita
Shanita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 816th, in 1978.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 1978184 births
- Best rank
- #816in 1978
- Since 1959
- 3,450people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,450 girls have been named Shanita in the United States since 1959, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1978, with 184 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 184 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 1980s alone account for 47%. It has spent 8 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 1978, its biggest year
Shanita was the 816th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1978 were Jennifer, Melissa, Jessica, Amy and Heather. See all of 1978.
Names that rose and fell with Shanita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Natoshapeak 1986
- Laquandapeak 1977
- Teneshapeak 1984
- Sharhondapeak 1983
- Lacreshapeak 1980
- Shavondapeak 1978
- Megganpeak 1985
- Nicholepeak 1985
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.