Shanton — boys' name

What the Data Says About Shanton

The Social Security Administration has registered 42 babies named Shanton between 1965 and 1999, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shanton currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 11 babies received it in a single year. Shanton is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 15 additional births since 1968.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shanton performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 27 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shanton shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shanton in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shanton in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 42 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.