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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shanita

Shanita was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 816th with 184 babies. More babies were named Shanita in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1978184 babies
Total since 1880
3,450babies recorded

Shanita popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#6,17218
1990#1,182145
1980#879175
1970#2,15038
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Shanita, counting every spelling?

Shanita has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shanita?

About 3,300 people born in the US named Shanita are alive today, with a median age of 43; half are between 37 and 48. That makes Shanita mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shanita by state

How common Shanita was among girls born in each state in 1976–1980, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in North Carolina (3.4×), Maryland (2.9×), Georgia (2.7×), Virginia (2.6×), Louisiana (2.4×). In 31 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesIL0.17Michigan: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesMI0.20New York: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesNY0.08Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesOH0.05Pennsylvania: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesPA0.04New Jersey: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.03Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesKY0.13West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesVA0.25Maryland: 0.28 per 1,000 babiesMD0.28Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesTN0.14North Carolina: 0.32 per 1,000 babiesNC0.32South Carolina: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesSC0.16District of Columbia: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesDC0.21Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesLA0.23Mississippi: 0.17 per 1,000 babiesMS0.17Alabama: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesAL0.20Georgia: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesGA0.26Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTX0.06Florida: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesFL0.15
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shanita, girls, 1976–1980. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Shanita

How popular is the name Shanita?

Shanita was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1978, when it ranked 816th with 184 babies. More babies were named Shanita in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Shanita a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 3,450 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shanita most popular?

In 1976–1980, Shanita was most common in North Carolina (0.32 per 1,000 girls), followed by Maryland and Georgia.