Shenita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shenita

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,550 babies named Shenita between 1954 and 2000, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shenita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 85 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shenita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 603 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shenita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 101 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Shenita in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shenita 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 1,550 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.