Shontel — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shontel

The Social Security Administration has registered 771 babies named Shontel between 1967 and 2002, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shontel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1972, when 45 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shontel performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 309 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shontel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Missouri. In total, SSA state-level files list Shontel in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shontel 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 771 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.