Baby name

Shanita

Girl

Short-lived name

Shanita peaked in 1978, when 1 baby in 17,248 was given the name. The trend faded fast: today's pace is 99% below the peak. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 47% of all babies named Shanita since 1880 were born in the 1980s.

3,450births since 1880

1970sgeneration

No. 811rank at its peak, in 1978

Where babies named Shanita are born

1978

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The darker the blue, the more common Shanita is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Shanita is most common in North Carolina (4.5 times), Michigan (2.5) and Illinois (2), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Shania 15,814
Shaniya 6,541
Shanika 5,599
Shanta 5,112
Sharita 2,637
Shenita 1,550

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