Shenetha — girls' name
54 babies named Shenetha in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
54 girls have been named Shenetha since 1960, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1979.
- 54
- total births
- 1960–1979
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 89%
- born in that decade
89% of everyone ever named Shenetha was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Shenetha in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shenetha
The Social Security Administration has registered 54 babies named Shenetha between 1960 and 1979, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shenetha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1979. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shenetha performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 48 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shenetha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shenetha 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 54 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.
Shenetha at a glance
Last recorded 1979Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shenetha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1960
- Peak year (1971)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1979.
54 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 9 births in a single year.
Shenetha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 48 births that decade — 89% of Shenetha's all-time total
Shenetha decade highlights
- Peak decade 48 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shenetha's strongest decade
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 89% 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, 1960–1979 (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.