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Girl name

Shernita

100% girls · last recorded 1988

Shernita has been given to about 136 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1973, 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≈ 130
Median age today48 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shernita per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1973 · 12
  • Born in 20250
  • All time136

How popular is Shernita?

Its best year was 1973, when 12 babies were given the name, ranking 4815th. The typical living American called Shernita is about 48 years old today.

Names that sound like Shernita

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Sherita0.91
  2. Bernita0.81
  3. Vernita0.81
  4. Benita0.72
  5. Renita0.72
  6. Venita0.72
  7. Sheila0.66
  8. Shelia0.66

Middle names for Shernita

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

Sibling names for Shernita

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Jennifersister · 0.59
  2. Melissasister · 0.58
  3. Larasister · 0.58
  4. Jasonbrother · 0.57
  5. Jamieeither · 0.56
  6. Jeremybrother · 0.54

Where Shernita is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

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

    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.