Shonta

Girl · recorded 1964–2003

  • 2003last recorded
  • 1977best year

Most popular in 1977.

Last recorded in 2003. Fewer than five girls a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shonta.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1964

0377419641974198419932003

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 40 recorded years as a table
Shonta, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19643
19655
19667
196713
196810
196913
197022
197125
197240
197339
197442
197545
197648
197774
197863
197951
198049
198135
198243
198338
198428
198543
198635
198735
198829
198924
199023
199118
199219
199312
19946
199510
19965
19977
19983
19993
20004
20013
20024
20034

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shonta isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2003
7
Rank in 2003
#12,408
How rare
1 in 261,020 girls
Since 1964
1,604

Shonta was last recorded in 2003. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1977, at 74 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shonta doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.