Shaunta
Last seen for girls in 2006 at #13,606 · Last seen for boys in 1980 at #4,495
Given to girls 97.0% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1979 · 115 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,193since 1966
Shaunta over time
Rank among girls' names. Shaunta has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | — | |
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| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | — | |
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| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | — | |
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| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | — | |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | — | |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,868 | 19 | — | |
| 1989 | #2,986 | 36 | — | |
| 1988 | #2,597 | 41 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,199 | 49 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,170 | 48 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,552 | 78 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,837 | 58 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,798 | 59 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,621 | 71 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,790 | 62 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,552 | 75 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #1,154 | 115 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | #1,162 | 109 | #3,400 | 11 |
| 1977 | #1,380 | 81 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #3,287 | 21 | #5,587 | 5 |
| 1975 | #3,052 | 23 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,497 | 30 | — | |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 | — | |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 | — | |
| 1969 | #7,471 | 5 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,642 | 7 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shaunta! It came in at #5,809, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1999–2001, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Shaunta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2006
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1979 at #1,154 (115 births)
- Births halved by 1986, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 13,959 girls born in 1979 were named Shaunta (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 271,601 girls born in 2006 (0.00%)
- 48.4% of all girls named Shaunta (577) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24 | #5,642 (1968) | #6,241 |
| 1970s | 449 | #1,154 (1979) | #2,703 |
| 1980s | 577 | #1,552 (1985) | #2,010 |
| 1990s | 122 | #4,650 (1991) | #7,042 |
| 2000s | 21 | #11,108 (2002) | #12,964 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shaunta in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 13,959 of them was named Shaunta, which outranked 90.4% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,144Tangela116
- #1,144Tawny116
- #1,144Yashica116
- #1,154Shaunta115
- #1,154Bobby115
- #1,154Christel115
- #1,154Della115
- #1,161Anika114
- #1,161Cicely114
- #1,161Estela114
Tied with 6 names at #1,154; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 215,192 of them was named Shaunta, which outranked 37.7% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,068Zachari9
- #4,068Zebedee9
- #4,068Zeth9
- #4,403Shaunta8
- #4,403Abiel8
- #4,403Abu8
- #4,403Acie8
- #4,842Abasi7
- #4,842Abdiel7
- #4,842Abed7
Tied with 438 names at #4,403; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.