girls:
1.2k births since 1966
#4525 (21st percentile)
boys:
37 births since 1976
#4549 (1st percentile)
overall:
1.2k births since 1966
#6510 (16th percentile)
The name Shaunta is the #6,510 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,230 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 15.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.9% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,525 (20.8% percentile) for all time with 1,193 births since 1966. For boys, it ranks #4,549 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 37 births since 1976.
Shaunta first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for girls and 1976 for boys). Birth data for Shaunta is available in 36 out of the 41 years between 1966 and 2006 (36 years for girls and 5 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 Shaunta has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shaunta reached its peak popularity in 1979, achieving the 14.0% percentile (ranked #676) with 67 births per million. The name was most common in 1979, with 67 births per million (ranked 14.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2006.
For boys, Shaunta reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #670) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1980.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shaunta".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Shaunta. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 47.4% confident that Shaunta is pronounced as SHAWN-tuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAHN-tuh, at 36.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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