Shota — #12861 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Shota

The Social Security Administration has registered 317 babies named Shota between 1988 and 2025, spanning 38 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shota currently holds the #12861 rank among boys for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shota performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 117 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Shota shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Shota in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shota 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 317 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.