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Girl name

Shanitra

100% girls · last recorded 1996

Shanitra has been given to about 273 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1991, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 265
Median age today41 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shanitra per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1991 · 18
  • Born in 20250
  • All time273

How popular is Shanitra?

Its best year was 1991, when 18 babies were given the name, ranking 5360th. The typical living American called Shanitra is about 41 years old today.

Names that sound like Shanitra

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shakira0.81
  2. Anitra0.81
  3. Shania0.75
  4. Shaniya0.75
  5. Shanika0.75
  6. Samira0.72
  7. Shaniqua0.71
  8. Sandra0.67

Middle names for Shanitra

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

Sibling names for Shanitra

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Laceysister · 0.62
  2. Amandasister · 0.60
  3. Dustinbrother · 0.59
  4. Jessicasister · 0.58
  5. Coreybrother · 0.58
  6. Travisbrother · 0.58

Where Shanitra is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

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

    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.