Shontina — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shontina

The Social Security Administration has registered 47 babies named Shontina between 1973 and 1984, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shontina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1984. The name reached its historical peak in 1978, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shontina performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 33 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Shontina shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shontina 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 47 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.