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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shaunta

Shaunta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 1160th with 115 babies. More babies were named Shaunta in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1979115 babies
Total since 1880
1,230babies recorded

Shaunta popularity since 1880

050100150200 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 37 since 1976.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000——
1990#5,03019
1980#1,56975
1970#3,41419
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Shaunta, counting every spelling?

Shaunta has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shaunta?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Shaunta are alive today, with a median age of 45; half are between 40 and 48. That makes Shaunta mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shaunta by state

How common Shaunta was among girls born in each state in 1977–1981, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Virginia (2.9×), Missouri (2.3×), Illinois (1.9×). In 37 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesIL0.10Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesOH0.06Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.13 per 1,000 babiesMO0.13Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesVA0.16Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNC0.09South Carolina: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesSC0.15District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesLA0.03Mississippi: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMS0.08Alabama: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesAL0.05Georgia: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesGA0.07Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesTX0.06Florida: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesFL0.06
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shaunta, girls, 1977–1981. Darker means more common.

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Questions about the name Shaunta

How popular is the name Shaunta?

Shaunta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1979, when it ranked 1160th with 115 babies. More babies were named Shaunta in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Shaunta a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,193 girls and 37 boys.

Where was Shaunta most popular?

In 1977–1981, Shaunta was most common in Virginia (0.16 per 1,000 girls), followed by South Carolina and Missouri.