Shenetta — girls' name
230 babies named Shenetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
230 girls have been named Shenetta since 1960, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1992.
- 230
- total births
- 1960–1992
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 43%
- born in that decade
43% of everyone ever named Shenetta was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Shenetta in 1979 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shenetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 230 babies named Shenetta between 1960 and 1992, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shenetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1992. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shenetta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 100 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shenetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shenetta 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 230 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.
Shenetta at a glance
Last recorded 1992Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shenetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–1960
- Peak year (1979)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 33 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1992.
230 total births across 33 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1979 with 16 births in a single year.
Shenetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 100 births that decade — 43% of Shenetta's all-time total
Shenetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 100 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shenetta's strongest decade
100 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% 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, 1960–1992 (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.