Shanita

Girl · recorded 1959–2008

  • 2008last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shanita.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1959

06012019591971198419962008

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 47 recorded years as a table
Shanita, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19593
19613
19635
19653
196611
19678
19689
196917
197022
197128
197241
197359
197463
197575
197686
197768
1978120
197992
1980105
1981100
1982100
1983108
198486
1985100
198689
198794
198880
198992
199076
199168
199254
199342
199425
199526
199619
199712
199812
19996
200010
20017
20024
20034
20045
20055
20064
20074
20085

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shanita isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2008
10
Rank in 2008
#10,807
How rare
1 in 189,093 girls
Since 1959
3,450

Shanita was last recorded in 2008. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 120 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shanita doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.