Shanita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- sha-NEE-ta
- Origin
- Modern
Shanita is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shanita come from?
Modern: modern American coinage, Sha- + Nita
More on Wiktionary.
Is Shanita a girl's or a boy's name?
Shanita is a girls' name.
How popular is Shanita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1978, with 184 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
Half of all the girls named Shanita in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1989, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shanita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 34 | #3,356 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1994 | 45 | #2,696 |
| 1993 | 76 | #1,861 |
| 1992 | 99 | #1,562 |
| 1991 | 128 | #1,293 |
| 1990 | 145 | #1,176 |
| 1989 | 170 | #1,006 |
| 1988 | 142 | #1,098 |
| 1987 | 164 | #966 |
| 1986 | 153 | #1,005 |
| 1985 | 172 | #919 |
| 1984 | 144 | #1,002 |
| 1983 | 180 | #848 |
| 1982 | 170 | #893 |
| 1981 | 166 | #901 |
| 1980 | 175 | #875 |
| 1979 | 148 | #970 |
| 1978 | 184 | #811 |
| 1977 | 105 | #1,175 |
| 1976 | 126 | #999 |
| 1975 | 109 | #1,074 |
| 1974 | 92 | #1,204 |
| 1973 | 86 | #1,226 |
| 1972 | 62 | #1,516 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,877 |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,120 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,454 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 18 | #2,936 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
Names like Shanita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvika, Aviva, Radhika, Krisha, Priya, Srinika, Anika, Divisha, Anisha, Kridha, Sasha, Anvika
Names related to Shanita
Shanti, Santa, Shante, Sunita, Shanta, Shantia, Shantae, Shanty
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shanita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shanita, updated 20 October 2026.