Girls' name · since 1967
Shenette
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.
- #36,815 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shenette is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 43 have been recorded since 1967.
Shenette has 43 recorded births among girls since 1967, 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 1967 to 1983.
- #36,815 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 43 born since 1967
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shenette ranks #36,815 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 43 born since 1967, peaking in the 1970s.
- #36,815 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 43
- born since 1967
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shenette's 43 recorded births place it above 49.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shenette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shenette's full recorded timeline at 1976, 58% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 42% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1967, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1972 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shenette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–1983
- Peak year (1972)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Shenette by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (21 births, 49% of the file).
1970s was Shenette's strongest decade.
21 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Shenette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
21 births
- 1980s
1980s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 21 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Shenette's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (21 total births) through the 1980s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shenette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~16 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, 1967–1983 (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 Shenette 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.