Shaneta — girls' name
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.
The verdict
80 girls have been named Shaneta since 1975, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1992.
- 80
- total births
- 1975–1992
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 48%
- born in that decade
48% of everyone ever named Shaneta was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Shaneta in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shaneta
The Social Security Administration has registered 80 babies named Shaneta between 1975 and 1992, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaneta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaneta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shaneta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shaneta in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 80 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shaneta at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shaneta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1975
- Peak year (1982)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
80 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 11 births in a single year.
Shaneta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 38 births that decade — 48% of Shaneta's all-time total
Shaneta decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 32 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shaneta's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–1992 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.