How Many People Are Named Shaunta?

1,180

people named Shaunta are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 289,648 people in the US has this name

Based on 1,230 babies named Shaunta in Social Security records from 1966 to 2006, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#9,516

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#5,336

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Peak Year

1979

123 births

Trend

2006

Last year given

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
97.1%
Male
2.9%

Of the babies given the name Shaunta, 97.1% were girls and 2.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 93.9% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 1990s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Shaunta alive today is about 43 years old, and 96% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 39 and 47 in 2025.

Under 30 47
4%
30 to 59 1,133
96%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Shaunta first appears in the records in 1966 and was given most often in 1979, to 123 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2006.

Babies given the name each year, 1966 to 2006

🏆 Rank History

Shaunta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,160, in 1979.

Girls
Rank in 2025Not ranked
Best rank#1,160 (1979)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,959 in the 1980s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Shaunta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Shaunta were born in Illinois than in any other state: about 73 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shaunta was given 4.1 times as often in Illinois and 1.8 times in Texas.

Illinois 73
Texas 49
Virginia 33
Ohio 33
California 27
Florida 24
North Carolina 23
New York 21
Missouri 19
South Carolina 12
Georgia 11
Mississippi 6
Alabama 6
Louisiana 5

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