Shanitha — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanitha

The Social Security Administration has registered 63 babies named Shanitha between 1973 and 1983, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanitha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanitha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 41 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shanitha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanitha 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 63 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.