Shanitta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shanitta

The Social Security Administration has registered 37 babies named Shanitta between 1974 and 1994, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shanitta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanitta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shanitta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanitta 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 37 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.