Shontay — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shontay

The Social Security Administration has registered 567 babies named Shontay between 1968 and 2000, spanning 33 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shontay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 39 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shontay performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 221 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shontay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 20 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Missouri and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Shontay in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shontay 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 567 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.