Girls' name · since 1966
Shonette
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.
- #22,149 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
160 girls have been named Shonette since 1966, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Shonette recorded 160 times among girls since 1966, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1966 to 1983.
- #22,149 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 160 born since 1966
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shonette ranks #22,149 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 160 born since 1966, peaking in the 1970s.
- #22,149 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1966
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shonette's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shonette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shonette's full recorded timeline at 1974, 36% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 64% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1977, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1972 peak of 22 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shonette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1966–1983
- Peak year (1972)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Shonette by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (107 births, 67% of the file).
1970s was Shonette's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Shonette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 42
1960s
42 births
- 1970s
1970s
107 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 107 births (67% of all-time use).
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What to do with Shonette's data
- Shonette's decade-level peak was the 1970s (107 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shonette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~17 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, 1966–1983 (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 Shonette 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.