Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shanita

#3,143 most common girls' name of all time · #5,373 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1959–2008

Rank among girls
#3,143
Rank overall
#5,373 of 105,966
First appeared
1959
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
3,450
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1978 #817
Best rank
#817 1978
Girls Boys peak 184/yr
196019802000

Shanita first appears in 1959. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2008 10 — 10 #10,961
2007 7 — 7 #14,189
2006 7 — 7 #13,864
2005 10 — 10 #10,304
2004 10 — 10 #10,067
2003 8 — 8 #11,546
2002 8 — 8 #11,311
2001 13 — 13 #7,844
2000 18 — 18 #6,025
1999 11 — 11 #8,365
1998 21 — 21 #5,011
1997 21 — 21 #4,882
1996 34 — 34 #3,389
1995 45 — 45 #2,713
1994 45 — 45 #2,721
1993 76 — 76 #1,872
1992 99 — 99 #1,572
1991 128 — 128 #1,299
1990 145 — 145 #1,184
1989 170 — 170 #1,011
1988 142 — 142 #1,102
1987 164 — 164 #968
1986 153 — 153 #1,010
1985 172 — 172 #923
1984 144 — 144 #1,003
1983 180 — 180 #852
1982 170 — 170 #897
1981 166 — 166 #905
1980 175 — 175 #880
1979 148 — 148 #973
1978 184 — 184 #817
1977 105 — 105 #1,180
1976 126 — 126 #1,002
1975 109 — 109 #1,082
1974 92 — 92 #1,208
1973 86 — 86 #1,228
1972 62 — 62 #1,525
1971 46 — 46 #1,901
1970 38 — 38 #2,153
1969 28 — 28 #2,507
1968 15 — 15 #3,583
1967 13 — 13 #3,823
1966 18 — 18 #3,032
1965 5 — 5 #7,223
1963 10 — 10 #4,521
1961 7 — 7 #5,792
1959 6 — 6 #6,226