Is Shenita a boy or girl name?

Shenita is a girl’s name. Of the 1,550 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Shenita

Recorded 1954–2000 · United States

Shenita was most popular in 1978, when 85 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,235 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,550 people named Shenita.

Shenita over time

Births per year. The dot marks Shenita’s peak in 1978. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Shenita a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Shenita is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,550 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Shenita

Where Shenita is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org