Girls' name · since 1960
Shenetta
Shenetta has 230 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1979 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #18,426 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 230
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shenetta sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 230 recorded since 1960.
Shenetta has 230 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 1992.
- #18,426 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 230 born since 1960
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shenetta ranks #18,426 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 230 born since 1960, peaking in the 1970s.
- #18,426 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 230
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shenetta's 230 recorded births place it above 74.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shenetta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shenetta's full recorded timeline at 1977, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1965, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1979 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shenetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1992
- Peak year (1979)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Shenetta by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (100 births, 43% of the file).
1970s was Shenetta's strongest decade.
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Shenetta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
41 births
- 1970s
1970s
100 births
- 1980s
1980s
75 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 100 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Shenetta's decade-level peak was the 1970s (100 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shenetta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1960–1992 (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 Shenetta 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.