Girls' name · since 1968
Shontay
567 babies named Shontay in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #10,949 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 567
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shontay is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 567 have been recorded since 1968.
Shontay has 567 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2000.
- #10,949 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 567 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shontay ranks #10,949 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 567 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #10,949 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 567
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shontay's 567 recorded births place it above 84.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
Shontay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shontay's full recorded timeline at 1984, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1977 peak of 39 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shontay popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2000
- Peak year (1977)
- 39
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Shontay popularity over time - boys
10 total births recorded since 1977 (Shontay as boys' name)
Shontay by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (221 births, 39% of the file).
1980s was Shontay's strongest decade.
221 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Shontay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 15
1960s
15 births
- 1970s
1970s
203 births
- 1980s
1980s
221 births
- 1990s
1990s
122 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 221 births (39% of all-time use).
How Shontay compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shontay's total volume
Shontay by state
Where Shontay concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 20 | 3.5% |
| #2 | Missouri | | 16 | 2.8% |
| #3 | California | | 11 | 1.9% |
| #4 | New Jersey | | 6 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Texas | | 5 | 0.9% |
20 of 567 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Shontay's data
- Shontay's decade-level peak was the 1980s (221 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Shontays (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shontay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1968–2000 (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 Shontay 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.