Shonette — girls' name
160 babies named Shonette in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
160 girls have been named Shonette since 1966, peaking in the 1970s, last recorded in 1983.
- 160
- total births
- 1966–1983
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 67%
- born in that decade
67% of everyone ever named Shonette was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Shonette in 1972 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shonette
The Social Security Administration has registered 160 babies named Shonette between 1966 and 1983, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shonette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1983. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shonette performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 107 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shonette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shonette 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 160 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.
Shonette at a glance
Last recorded 1983Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shonette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1983–1966
- Peak year (1972)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1983.
160 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1972 with 22 births in a single year.
Shonette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 107 births that decade — 67% of Shonette's all-time total
Shonette decade highlights
- Peak decade 107 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Shonette's strongest decade
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 67% 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, 1966–1983 (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.