Shanetha — girls' name
113 babies named Shanetha in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
113 girls have been named Shanetha since 1971, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1991.
- 113
- total births
- 1971–1991
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Shanetha was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Shanetha in 1978 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shanetha
The Social Security Administration has registered 113 babies named Shanetha between 1971 and 1991, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanetha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanetha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 56 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shanetha shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shanetha 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 113 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.
Shanetha at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shanetha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1971
- Peak year (1978)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 21 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
113 total births across 21 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1978 with 15 births in a single year.
Shanetha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 56 births that decade — 50% of Shanetha's all-time total
Shanetha decade highlights
- Peak decade 56 births
- Runner-up 52 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shanetha's strongest decade
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% 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, 1971–1991 (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.