Girls' name · since 1953
Senita
Since 1953, U.S. Social Security records show 166 babies named Senita, peaking in 1969. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,751 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1953
- 1970s
- peak decade
Senita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 166 recorded since 1953.
Senita has 166 recorded births among girls since 1953, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1953 to 1990.
- #21,751 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 166 born since 1953
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Senita ranks #21,751 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 166 born since 1953, peaking in the 1970s.
- #21,751 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 166
- born since 1953
- 1970s
- peak decade
Senita's 166 recorded births place it above 69.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Senita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Senita's full recorded timeline at 1977, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1969 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Senita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1990
- Peak year (1969)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Senita by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (58 births, 35% of the file).
1970s was Senita's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Senita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s
1960s
36 births
- 1970s
1970s
58 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 58 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Senita's decade-level peak was the 1970s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Senita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~37 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1953–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Senita draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.