Girls' name · since 1975
Shaneta
80 babies named Shaneta in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,666 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shaneta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 80 recorded since 1975.
Shaneta has 80 recorded births among girls since 1975, 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 1975 to 1992.
- #29,666 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 80 born since 1975
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shaneta ranks #29,666 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 80 born since 1975, peaking in the 1970s.
- #29,666 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 80
- born since 1975
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shaneta's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shaneta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shaneta splits its recorded history at 1980: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1990 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1982 peak of 11 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shaneta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1992
- Peak year (1982)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Shaneta by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (38 births, 48% of the file).
1970s was Shaneta's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Shaneta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
38 births
- 1980s
1980s
32 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 38 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Shaneta's decade-level peak was the 1970s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 10 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 Shaneta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~17 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, 1975–1992 (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 Shaneta 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.