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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shonta

Shonta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 1125th with 114 babies. More babies were named Shonta in the 1970s 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
1977114 babies
Total since 1880
1,678babies recorded

Shonta 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: 74 since 1971.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010——
2000#12,9457
1990#2,73443
1980#1,49281
1970#2,15338
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shonta, counting every spelling?

Shonta has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shonta?

About 1,500 people born in the US named Shonta are alive today, with a median age of 46; half are between 40 and 50. That makes Shonta 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.

Shonta by state

How common Shonta was among girls born in each state in 1975–1979, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Missouri (4.0×), Georgia (3.5×), North Carolina (2.6×). In 36 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: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIL0.06Michigan: 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: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesPA0.01New Jersey: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.03Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesCA0.04Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesMO0.22Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: 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: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesTN0.10North Carolina: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesNC0.15South Carolina: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesSC0.12District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesLA0.07Mississippi: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesMS0.14Alabama: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesAL0.04Georgia: 0.20 per 1,000 babiesGA0.20Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTX0.07Florida: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesFL0.04
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shonta, girls, 1975–1979. Darker means more common.

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These names rose and fell in step with Shonta: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shonta, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shonta

How popular is the name Shonta?

Shonta was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1977, when it ranked 1125th with 114 babies. More babies were named Shonta in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Shonta a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,604 girls and 74 boys.

Where was Shonta most popular?

In 1975–1979, Shonta was most common in Missouri (0.22 per 1,000 girls), followed by Georgia and North Carolina.