Shontell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shontell

The Social Security Administration has registered 652 babies named Shontell between 1967 and 2012, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shontell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 38 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shontell performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 283 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shontell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 63 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Shontell in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shontell 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 652 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.