Shonita
#22,969 most common girls' name of all time · #37,387 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1970–1987
Rank among girls
#22,969
Rank overall
#37,387 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
15 of 146
All-time
122
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1973 #3,957
Best rank
#3,957 1973
Girls
Boys
peak 16/yr
Shonita first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,256 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,738 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | 6 | #9,852 |
| 1981 | 7 | — | 7 | #8,663 |
| 1980 | 5 | — | 5 | #11,211 |
| 1979 | 11 | — | 11 | #6,031 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,463 |
| 1977 | 5 | — | 5 | #10,531 |
| 1976 | 10 | — | 10 | #5,950 |
| 1975 | 6 | — | 6 | #8,651 |
| 1974 | 11 | — | 11 | #5,302 |
| 1973 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,957 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,154 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | 7 | #7,282 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | 6 | #7,957 |