Shenita is a rare variant of Shanta that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Shenita is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2000. Shenita was first reported in SSA data in 1954 and peaked in 1978 (85 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #17,211 |
| 1997 | 7 | — | #11,906 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | #15,517 |
| 1994 | 8 | — | #10,404 |
| 1993 | 11 | — | #7,970 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | #5,024 |
| 1991 | 26 | — | #4,039 |
| 1990 | 37 | — | #3,065 |
| 1989 | 37 | — | #2,978 |
| 1988 | 39 | — | #2,737 |
| 1987 | 30 | — | #3,158 |
| 1986 | 70 | — | #1,689 |
| 1985 | 60 | — | #1,878 |
| 1984 | 57 | — | #1,883 |
| 1983 | 74 | — | #1,529 |
| 1982 | 55 | — | #1,945 |
| 1981 | 62 | — | #1,805 |
| 1980 | 67 | — | #1,701 |
| 1979 | 62 | — | #1,764 |
| 1978 | 85 | — | #1,385 |
| 1977 | 55 | — | #1,854 |
| 1976 | 73 | — | #1,442 |
| 1975 | 61 | — | #1,622 |
| 1974 | 75 | — | #1,383 |
| 1973 | 58 | — | #1,604 |
| 1972 | 52 | — | #1,717 |
| 1971 | 40 | — | #2,099 |
| 1970 | 42 | — | #2,007 |
| 1969 | 29 | — | #2,443 |
| 1968 | 34 | — | #2,085 |
| 1967 | 20 | — | #2,856 |
| 1966 | 33 | — | #2,050 |
| 1965 | 27 | — | #2,334 |
| 1964 | 23 | — | #2,656 |
| 1963 | 21 | — | #2,767 |
| 1962 | 15 | — | #3,418 |
| 1961 | 17 | — | #3,169 |
| 1960 | 19 | — | #2,890 |
| 1959 | 16 | — | #3,086 |
| 1958 | 13 | — | #3,524 |
| 1956 | 5 | — | #6,753 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #6,502 |