Shanita
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #10,807
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 184 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,450since 1959
Shanita over time
Rank among girls' names. Shanita has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #11,325 | 8 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #5,937 | 18 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 |
| 1998 | #4,955 | 21 |
| 1997 | #4,819 | 21 |
| 1996 | #3,361 | 34 |
| 1995 | #2,687 | 45 |
| 1994 | #2,701 | 45 |
| 1993 | #1,865 | 76 |
| 1992 | #1,565 | 99 |
| 1991 | #1,297 | 128 |
| 1990 | #1,180 | 145 |
| 1989 | #1,009 | 170 |
| 1988 | #1,099 | 142 |
| 1987 | #966 | 164 |
| 1986 | #1,005 | 153 |
| 1985 | #919 | 172 |
| 1984 | #1,002 | 144 |
| 1983 | #848 | 180 |
| 1982 | #893 | 170 |
| 1981 | #901 | 166 |
| 1980 | #875 | 175 |
| 1979 | #970 | 148 |
| 1978 | #811 | 184 |
| 1977 | #1,175 | 105 |
| 1976 | #999 | 126 |
| 1975 | #1,074 | 109 |
| 1974 | #1,204 | 92 |
| 1973 | #1,226 | 86 |
| 1972 | #1,516 | 62 |
| 1971 | #1,877 | 46 |
| 1970 | #2,120 | 38 |
| 1969 | #2,454 | 28 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #2,937 | 18 |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 |
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| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
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| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 |
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| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shanita! It came in at #5,566, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1960, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shanita is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#173 · 1 in 642
- North Carolina#333 · 1 in 2,367
- Mississippi#383 · 1 in 2,263
- Georgia#395 · 1 in 2,678
- Virginia#402 · 1 in 3,006
Best ever in a state: #100 in District of Columbia, 1989.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| District of Columbia | #173 | 9 | 1 in 642 |
| North Carolina | #333 | 14 | 1 in 2,367 |
| Mississippi | #383 | 7 | 1 in 2,263 |
| Georgia | #395 | 13 | 1 in 2,678 |
| Virginia | #402 | 10 | 1 in 3,006 |
| Maryland | #417 | 7 | 1 in 2,994 |
| Michigan | #463 | 14 | 1 in 4,190 |
| Kentucky | #498 | 5 | 1 in 4,774 |
| Alabama | #583 | 5 | 1 in 4,547 |
| Florida | #654 | 10 | 1 in 5,409 |
| Indiana | #676 | 5 | 1 in 6,979 |
| New Jersey | #716 | 6 | 1 in 6,211 |
| Pennsylvania | #759 | 8 | 1 in 8,668 |
| Illinois | #916 | 8 | 1 in 9,394 |
| Texas | #956 | 13 | 1 in 9,518 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shanita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 364 spots in 1978 (#1,175 → #811)
- Biggest drop: 176 spots in 1977 (#999 → #1,175)
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 1978 at #811 (184 births)
- Births halved by 1993, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 9 yrs · run 1978–1983
- Highest: 1 in 8,325 girls born in 1978 were named Shanita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 189,094 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- 47.4% of all girls named Shanita (1,636) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 6 | #5,566 (1959) | #5,566 |
| 1960s | 96 | #2,454 (1969) | #4,089 |
| 1970s | 996 | #811 (1978) | #1,297 |
| 1980s | 1,636 | #848 (1983) | #952 |
| 1990s | 625 | #1,180 (1990) | #3,265 |
| 2000s | 91 | #5,937 (2000) | #10,495 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shanita in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 10,049 of them was named Shanita, which outranked 92.6% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #895Desirae167
- #895Josefina167
- #895Latoyia167
- #901Shanita166
- #901Anya166
- #901Chaya166
- #901Justina166
- #906Alycia165
- #906Consuelo165
- #906Francisca165
Tied with 4 names at #901; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.