Shonta
#5,028 most common girls' name of all time · #8,516 across all names · 4% male / 96% female · used 1964–2003
Rank among girls
#5,028
Rank overall
#8,516 of 105,966
First appeared
1964
Years on the list
40 of 146
All-time
1,678
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1977 #1,124
Best rank
#1,124 1977
Girls
Boys
peak 127/yr
Shonta first appears in 1964. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,712 |
| 2002 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,502 |
| 2001 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,868 |
| 2000 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,102 |
| 1999 | 6 | — | 6 | #13,083 |
| 1998 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,625 |
| 1997 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,980 |
| 1996 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,039 |
| 1995 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,528 |
| 1994 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,785 |
| 1993 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,594 |
| 1992 | 35 | — | 35 | #3,244 |
| 1991 | 34 | — | 34 | #3,260 |
| 1990 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,723 |
| 1989 | 44 | — | 44 | #2,603 |
| 1988 | 52 | — | 52 | #2,208 |
| 1987 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,910 |
| 1986 | 60 | — | 60 | #1,881 |
| 1985 | 74 | — | 74 | #1,612 |
| 1984 | 47 | — | 47 | #2,139 |
| 1983 | 63 | — | 63 | #1,729 |
| 1982 | 72 | 7 | 79 | #1,615 |
| 1981 | 59 | — | 59 | #1,860 |
| 1980 | 81 | 5 | 86 | #1,493 |
| 1979 | 82 | 8 | 90 | #1,469 |
| 1978 | 97 | 11 | 108 | #1,273 |
| 1977 | 114 | 13 | 127 | #1,124 |
| 1976 | 70 | 10 | 80 | #1,497 |
| 1975 | 65 | 8 | 73 | #1,560 |
| 1974 | 61 | 6 | 67 | #1,575 |
| 1973 | 57 | — | 57 | #1,621 |
| 1972 | 61 | — | 61 | #1,540 |
| 1971 | 41 | 6 | 47 | #2,063 |
| 1970 | 38 | — | 38 | #2,156 |
| 1969 | 22 | — | 22 | #2,913 |
| 1968 | 17 | — | 17 | #3,308 |
| 1967 | 21 | — | 21 | #2,780 |
| 1966 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,954 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,268 |
| 1964 | 5 | — | 5 | #7,780 |