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Girl name

Shanetha

100% girls · last recorded 1991

Shanetha has been given to about 113 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1978, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
Syllables3
Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 108
Median age today46 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shanetha per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1978 · 15
  • Born in 20250
  • All time113

How popular is Shanetha?

Its best year was 1978, when 15 babies were given the name, ranking 4641st. The typical living American called Shanetha is about 46 years old today.

Names that sound like Shanetha

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Aletha0.72
  2. Aretha0.72
  3. Tanesha0.72
  4. Shanta0.70
  5. Samantha0.67
  6. Samatha0.67
  7. Shameka0.66
  8. Lakesha0.62

Middle names for Shanetha

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shanetha Rose0.85
  2. Shanetha Louise0.85
  3. Shanetha June0.84
  4. Shanetha Pearl0.84
  5. Shanetha Quinn0.84
  6. Shanetha Nell0.84

Sibling names for Shanetha

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Jamieeither · 0.57
  2. Jeremybrother · 0.57
  3. Aprilsister · 0.57
  4. Jasonbrother · 0.57
  5. Jennifersister · 0.55
  6. Jaimeeither · 0.54

Where Shanetha is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shanetha White0.80
    2. Shanetha Reyes0.80
    3. Shanetha Nguyen0.80
    4. Shanetha Moore0.80
    5. Shanetha Lee0.80
    6. Shanetha Hill0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Shanetha

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.