Shenette — girls' name
43 babies named Shenette in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
43 girls have been named Shenette since 1967, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1983.
- 43
- total births
- 1967–1983
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Shenette was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Shenette in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shenette
The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Shenette between 1967 and 1983, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shenette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shenette performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 21 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shenette shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shenette 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 43 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.
Shenette at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shenette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1967
- Peak year (1972)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
43 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 8 births in a single year.
Shenette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 21 births that decade — 49% of Shenette's all-time total
Shenette decade highlights
- Peak decade 21 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shenette's strongest decade
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% 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, 1967–1983 (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.