Shanitra — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanitra

The Social Security Administration has registered 273 babies named Shanitra between 1974 and 1996, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanitra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanitra performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 136 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shanitra shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Michigan, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shanitra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanitra 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 273 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.