How Many People Are Named Shanita?
people named Shanita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 103,009 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,450 babies named Shanita in Social Security records from 1959 to 2008, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
184 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shanita in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shanita alive today is about 42 years old, and 94% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 36 and 47 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shanita first appears in the records in 1959 and was given most often in 1978, to 184 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2008.
Babies given the name each year, 1959 to 2008
🏆 Rank History
Shanita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #816, in 1978.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #816 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #967 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shanita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shanita were born in North Carolina than in any other state: about 241 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shanita was given 8.7 times as often in District of Columbia, 4.6 times in North Carolina and 3.4 times in Maryland.
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