Shinita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shinita

The Social Security Administration has registered 160 babies named Shinita between 1956 and 1990, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shinita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shinita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 74 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shinita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shinita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shinita 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 160 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.