Shonta — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shonta

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,604 babies named Shonta between 1964 and 2003, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shonta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 114 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shonta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 686 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shonta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 76 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Shonta in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shonta 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 1,604 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.