Shonteria — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shonteria

The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Shonteria between 1985 and 2001, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shonteria currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shonteria performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shonteria shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shonteria in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shonteria 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 71 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.