Girls' name · since 1979
Shauntal
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 15 babies named Shauntal, peaking in 1990. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #50,195 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shauntal is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 15 have been recorded since 1979.
Shauntal has 15 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1990.
- #50,195 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 15 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shauntal ranks #50,195 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 15 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #50,195 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 15
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shauntal's 15 recorded births place it above 30.35% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Shauntal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shauntal's full recorded timeline at 1990, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shauntal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1990
- Peak year (1990)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Shauntal by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (10 births, 67% of the file).
1990s was Shauntal's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Shauntal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 10 births (67% of all-time use).
Shauntal by state
Where Shauntal concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 33.3% |
5 of 15 births nationwide.
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- Texas records the most Shauntals (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shauntal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~11 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shauntal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.