Shaterra — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shaterra

The Social Security Administration has registered 291 babies named Shaterra between 1981 and 2006, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shaterra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2006. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shaterra performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 166 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shaterra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Shaterra in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shaterra 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 291 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.