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Girl name

Shanetta

100% girls · last recorded 2002

Shanetta has been given to about 913 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1979, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 882
Median age today44 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shanetta per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1979 · 54
  • Born in 20250
  • All time913

How popular is Shanetta?

Its best year was 1979, when 54 babies were given the name, ranking 1947th. The typical living American called Shanetta is about 44 years old today.

Names that sound like Shanetta

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shanta0.82
  2. Annetta0.77
  3. Jeanetta0.76
  4. Santa0.72
  5. Shasta0.72
  6. Shameka0.71
  7. Shana0.66
  8. Shanna0.66

Middle names for Shanetta

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

Sibling names for Shanetta

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Meredithsister · 0.68
  2. Jaimeeither · 0.66
  3. Aprilsister · 0.66
  4. Jamieeither · 0.65
  5. Larasister · 0.65
  6. Travisbrother · 0.65

Where Shanetta is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

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

    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.