Girls' name · since 1970
Shuntay
114 babies named Shuntay in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1978. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,737 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shuntay is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 114 have been recorded since 1970.
Social Security Administration records show Shuntay recorded 114 times among girls since 1970, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 1994.
- #25,737 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 114 born since 1970
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shuntay ranks #25,737 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 114 born since 1970, peaking in the 1970s.
- #25,737 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 114
- born since 1970
- 1970s
- peak decade
Shuntay's 114 recorded births place it above 64.39% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shuntay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shuntay's SSA record in two at 1979 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1978 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shuntay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–1994
- Peak year (1978)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Shuntay by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (64 births, 56% of the file).
1970s was Shuntay's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Shuntay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
64 births
- 1980s
1980s
45 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 64 births (56% of all-time use).
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- Shuntay's decade-level peak was the 1970s (64 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shuntay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1970–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shuntay draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.