Girls' name · since 1960
Shenetha
Shenetha has 54 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1971 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,195 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shenetha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 54 recorded since 1960.
Shenetha has 54 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1979.
- #34,195 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 54 born since 1960
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shenetha ranks #34,195 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 1960, peaking in the 1970s.
- #34,195 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 54
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shenetha's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shenetha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shenetha's SSA record in two at 1975 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1960, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1971 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shenetha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1979
- Peak year (1971)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Shenetha by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (48 births, 89% of the file).
1970s was Shenetha's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 89% of all-time use.
Shenetha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s
1970s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 48 births (89% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shenetha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1971)
Similar record span (~19 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–1979 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shenetha draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.