Girls' name · since 1971
Shanetha
Shanetha has 113 recorded births since 1971 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #25,821 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 113
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
113 girls have been named Shanetha since 1971, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shanetha has 113 recorded births among girls since 1971, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1971 to 1991.
- #25,821 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 113 born since 1971
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanetha ranks #25,821 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 113 born since 1971, peaking in the 1980s.
- #25,821 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 113
- born since 1971
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shanetha's 113 recorded births place it above 64.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shanetha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shanetha's full recorded timeline at 1981, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1971, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 15 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shanetha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1991
- Peak year (1978)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Shanetha by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (56 births, 50% of the file).
1980s was Shanetha's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Shanetha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
52 births
- 1980s
1980s
56 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 56 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Shanetha's data
- Shanetha's decade-level peak was the 1980s (56 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shanetha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~20 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, 1971–1991 (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 Shanetha 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.