girls:
22 births since 1991
#5694 (0th percentile)
boys:
17 births since 1995
#4569 (0th percentile)
overall:
39 births since 1991
#7700 (0th percentile)
The name Shamonte is the #7,700 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 39 recorded births since 1991. This represents the 0.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,694 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1991. For boys, it ranks #4,569 (0.3% percentile) for all time with 17 births since 1995.
Shamonte first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1991 (1991 for girls and 1995 for boys). Birth data for Shamonte is available in 7 out of the 16 years between 1991 and 2006 (4 years for girls and 3 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shamonte has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (56.4% of all recorded births). In 2006, 0.0% of babies named Shamonte were girls. Interestingly, until around 1997, the name was more popular for girls (75.9% girls from 1991 to 1996), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1997 to 2006).
For girls, Shamonte reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #849) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1993, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1994.
For boys, Shamonte reached its peak popularity in 1995, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #798) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1995, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2006.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shamonte".
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Our model has identified 7 different pronunciations for the name Shamonte. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 34.2% confident that Shamonte is pronounced as shuh-MAHN-tay, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shuh-MAHNT, at 21.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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