Shonta
Last seen for girls in 2003 at #12,408 · Last seen for boys in 1982 at #5,003
Given to girls 95.6% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1977 · 114 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,604since 1964
Shonta over time
Rank among girls' names. Shonta has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | — | |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | — | |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | — | |
| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 | — | |
| 1995 | #5,439 | 17 | — | |
| 1994 | #7,604 | 11 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,218 | 35 | — | |
| 1991 | #3,207 | 34 | — | |
| 1990 | #2,695 | 43 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,572 | 44 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,187 | 52 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,899 | 60 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,866 | 60 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,604 | 74 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,111 | 47 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,715 | 63 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,608 | 72 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #1,848 | 59 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,482 | 81 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #1,461 | 82 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #1,265 | 97 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #1,118 | 114 | #3,037 | 13 |
| 1976 | #1,482 | 70 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #1,544 | 65 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #1,563 | 61 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #1,607 | 57 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,526 | 61 | — | |
| 1971 | #2,035 | 41 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #2,120 | 38 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,844 | 22 | — | |
| 1968 | #3,169 | 17 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,706 | 21 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shonta! It came in at #6,767, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2004–2025, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shonta is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Georgia#775 · 1 in 6,964
- New York#1,167 · 1 in 12,667
Best ever in a state: #316 in South Carolina, 1977.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #775 | 5 | 1 in 6,964 |
| New York | #1,167 | 8 | 1 in 12,667 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shonta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1977 at #1,118 (114 births)
- Births halved by 1984, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,449 girls born in 1977 were named Shonta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 261,021 girls born in 2003 (0.00%)
- 42.8% of all girls named Shonta (686) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 85 | #2,706 (1967) | #4,010 |
| 1970s | 686 | #1,118 (1977) | #1,572 |
| 1980s | 612 | #1,482 (1980) | #1,889 |
| 1990s | 195 | #2,695 (1990) | #6,915 |
| 2000s | 26 | #11,801 (2000) | #12,937 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shonta in 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 28,272 of them was named Shonta, which outranked 84.8% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,830Tatum60
- #1,830Twyla60
- #1,830Tynisha60
- #1,848Shonta59
- #1,848Aubree59
- #1,848Calandra59
- #1,848Chassidy59
- #1,867Alexander58
- #1,867Chevonne58
- #1,867Demetrius58
Tied with 18 names at #1,848; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.