Shauntia — girls' name
273 babies named Shauntia in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
273 girls have been named Shauntia since 1977, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2001.
- 273
- total births
- 1977–2001
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
49% of everyone ever named Shauntia was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Shauntia in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shauntia
The Social Security Administration has registered 273 babies named Shauntia between 1977 and 2001, spanning 25 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shauntia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shauntia performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 134 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shauntia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shauntia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shauntia 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 273 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.
Shauntia at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shauntia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1977
- Peak year (1992)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 25 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
273 total births across 25 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 21 births in a single year.
Shauntia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 134 births that decade — 49% of Shauntia's all-time total
Shauntia decade highlights
- Peak decade 134 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shauntia's strongest decade
134 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Shauntia by state
Where Shauntia concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.8% |
5 of 273 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 1.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 1.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2001 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.