Shatara — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shatara

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,479 babies named Shatara between 1971 and 2011, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shatara currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 159 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shatara performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 697 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shatara shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 103 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shatara in 15 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shatara 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 1,479 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.