Shonita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shonita

The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Shonita between 1970 and 1987, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shonita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1973, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shonita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 91 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shonita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shonita 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 122 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.