Girls' name · since 1961
Shernita
Shernita has 136 recorded births since 1961 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1973 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,816 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
136 girls have been named Shernita since 1961, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shernita has 136 recorded births among girls since 1961, 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 1961 to 1988.
- #23,816 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 136 born since 1961
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shernita ranks #23,816 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 136 born since 1961, peaking in the 1970s.
- #23,816 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 136
- born since 1961
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shernita's 136 recorded births place it above 67.06% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shernita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shernita's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1961, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1973 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shernita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–1988
- Peak year (1973)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Shernita by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (61 births, 45% of the file).
1970s was Shernita's strongest decade.
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Shernita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 16
1960s
16 births
- 1970s
1970s
61 births
- 1980s
1980s
59 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 61 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Shernita's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (61 total births) through the 1980s (59) -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Shernita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1973)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1961–1988 (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 Shernita 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.