Shereta — girls' name
64 babies named Shereta in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
64 girls have been named Shereta since 1970, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1986.
- 64
- total births
- 1970–1986
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 56%
- born in that decade
56% of everyone ever named Shereta was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Shereta in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shereta
The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Shereta between 1970 and 1986, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shereta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1986. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shereta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 36 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shereta shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shereta 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 64 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.
Shereta at a glance
Last recorded 1986Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shereta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–1970
- Peak year (1982)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1986.
64 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 10 births in a single year.
Shereta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 36 births that decade — 56% of Shereta's all-time total
Shereta decade highlights
- Peak decade 36 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shereta's strongest decade
36 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% 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, 1970–1986 (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.