How Many People Are Named Shonta?
people named Shonta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 213,482 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,678 babies named Shonta in Social Security records from 1964 to 2003, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
127 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shonta, 95.8% were girls and 4.2% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1970s: 91.7% of the babies were girls then and 100% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shonta alive today is about 44 years old, and 96% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 39 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shonta first appears in the records in 1964 and was given most often in 1977, to 127 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2003.
Babies given the name each year, 1964 to 2003
🏆 Rank History
Shonta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,125, in 1977.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,125 (1977) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,512 in the 1970s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shonta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shonta were born in Georgia than in any other state: about 72 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shonta was given 4.9 times as often in Georgia, 4.5 times in Missouri and 4.2 times in North Carolina.
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