Shunta
Last seen for girls in 1998 at #14,122 · Last seen for boys in 1981 at #6,262
Given to girls 96.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 67 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 732since 1965
Shunta over time
Rank among girls' names. Shunta 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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| 1998 | #14,122 | 5 | — | |
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| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #9,491 | 8 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,497 | 22 | — | |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,893 | 25 | — | |
| 1988 | #3,690 | 25 | — | |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,973 | 31 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | — | |
| 1983 | #3,340 | 24 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,451 | 39 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,158 | 47 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #2,246 | 44 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #1,605 | 70 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #1,598 | 67 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #2,162 | 43 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,370 | 14 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,233 | 20 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #3,943 | 15 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,872 | 15 | — | |
| 1969 | #5,974 | 7 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,493 | 9 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,817 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shunta! It came in at #5,817, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1997–2025, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shunta is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Georgia#477 · 1 in 3,361
- Tennessee#505 · 1 in 4,069
- Virginia#649 · 1 in 5,837
- Florida#667 · 1 in 5,208
- Texas#965 · 1 in 9,259
Best ever in a state: #426 in Tennessee, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Georgia | #477 | 10 | 1 in 3,361 |
| Tennessee | #505 | 7 | 1 in 4,069 |
| Virginia | #649 | 5 | 1 in 5,837 |
| Florida | #667 | 9 | 1 in 5,208 |
| Texas | #965 | 12 | 1 in 9,259 |
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See more about Shunta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1998
- Debuted 1965
- Peaked 1978 at #1,598 (67 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 22,864 girls born in 1978 were named Shunta (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 353,390 girls born in 1998 (0.00%)
- 42.6% of all girls named Shunta (312) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 37 | #4,493 (1966) | #5,382 |
| 1970s | 312 | #1,598 (1978) | #2,998 |
| 1980s | 309 | #2,158 (1981) | #3,126 |
| 1990s | 74 | #4,497 (1991) | #9,985 |
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.
Shunta in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 22,932 of them was named Shunta, which outranked 86.6% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,596Tarrah71
- #1,596Tashia71
- #1,596Tena71
- #1,605Shunta70
- #1,605Althea70
- #1,605Amina70
- #1,605Antonette70
- #1,623Amiee69
- #1,623Annalisa69
- #1,623Bethann69
Tied with 17 names at #1,605; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 215,192 of them was named Shunta, which outranked 37.7% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).