Shetara — girls' name
112 babies named Shetara in U.S. Social Security records since 1985, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
112 girls have been named Shetara since 1985, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1993.
- 112
- total births
- 1985–1993
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that decade
76% of everyone ever named Shetara was born in this single decade.
37 babies were named Shetara in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shetara
The Social Security Administration has registered 112 babies named Shetara between 1985 and 1993, spanning 9 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shetara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1993. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 37 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shetara performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shetara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 12 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Shetara in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shetara 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 112 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.
Shetara at a glance
Last recorded 1993Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shetara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1993–1985
- Peak year (1986)
- 37
- Annual births at peak — across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1993.
112 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 37 births in a single year.
Shetara by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 85 births that decade — 76% of Shetara's all-time total
Shetara decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 27 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shetara's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
Shetara by state
Where Shetara concentrates geographically — total births since 1985
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 12 | 10.7% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 6 | 5.4% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 5 | 4.5% |
12 of 112 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 10.7% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 10.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1985–1993 (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.