Sharnetta — girls' name
121 babies named Sharnetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1970. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
121 girls have been named Sharnetta since 1968, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1991.
- 121
- total births
- 1968–1991
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
54% of everyone ever named Sharnetta was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Sharnetta in 1970 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sharnetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 121 babies named Sharnetta between 1968 and 1991, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Sharnetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1970, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sharnetta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 65 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Sharnetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sharnetta 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 121 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.
Sharnetta at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sharnetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1968
- Peak year (1970)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
121 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1970 with 10 births in a single year.
Sharnetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 65 births that decade — 54% of Sharnetta's all-time total
Sharnetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 65 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Sharnetta's strongest decade
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% 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, 1968–1991 (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.