Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shontez

#19,140 most common boys' name of all time · #50,184 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1975–2005

Rank among boys
#19,140
Rank overall
#50,184 of 105,966
First appeared
1975
Years on the list
10 of 146
All-time
55
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1992 #7,024
Best rank
#5,449 1975
Girls Boys peak 7/yr
19802000

Shontez first appears in 1975. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2005 — 5 5 #11,969
2000 — 5 5 #10,846
1999 — 6 6 #9,117
1998 — 5 5 #10,174
1992 — 7 7 #7,024
1989 — 5 5 #8,516
1984 — 6 6 #6,089
1979 — 5 5 #6,759
1977 — 5 5 #6,592
1975 — 6 6 #5,449