Shontae — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shontae

The Social Security Administration has registered 842 babies named Shontae between 1969 and 2012, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shontae currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1985, when 54 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shontae performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 356 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shontae shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Shontae in 10 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shontae 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 842 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.