Shavonta — unisex name
141 babies named Shavonta in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
141 girls have been named Shavonta since 1981, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2000.
- 141
- total births
- 1981–2000
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Shavonta was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Shavonta in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shavonta
The Social Security Administration has registered 141 babies named Shavonta between 1981 and 2000, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shavonta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 18 babies received it in a single year. Shavonta is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 1992.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shavonta performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 89 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shavonta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shavonta 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 141 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.
Shavonta at a glance
Last recorded 2000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shavonta popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1981
- Peak year (1992)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2000.
141 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 18 births in a single year.
Shavonta popularity over time — boys
10 total births recorded since 1992 (Shavonta as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Shavonta accounts for 7% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shavonta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 89 births that decade — 63% of Shavonta's all-time total
Shavonta decade highlights
- Peak decade 89 births
- Runner-up 46 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shavonta's strongest decade
89 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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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, 1981–2000 (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.