Shauntae — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shauntae

The Social Security Administration has registered 689 babies named Shauntae between 1971 and 2009, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shauntae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1983, when 44 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shauntae performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 337 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shauntae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Shauntae in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shauntae 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 689 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.