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Girl name

Shaunta

97% girls · last recorded 2006

Shaunta has been given to about 1,230 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1979, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Living in the US≈ 1,188
Median age today45 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shaunta per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1979 · 123
  • Born in 20250
  • All time1,230

How popular is Shaunta?

Its best year was 1979, when 123 babies were given the name, ranking 1160th. The typical living American called Shaunta is about 45 years old today.

Names that sound like Shaunta

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shauna0.83
  2. Shanta0.84
  3. Shawna0.75
  4. Santa0.74
  5. Shasta0.74
  6. Shana0.68
  7. Shanna0.68
  8. Shayna0.68

Middle names for Shaunta

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shaunta Josephine0.84
  2. Shaunta Rose0.83
  3. Shaunta Louise0.83
  4. Shaunta June0.82
  5. Shaunta Pearl0.82
  6. Shaunta Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Shaunta

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Jaimeeither · 0.69
  2. Aprilsister · 0.67
  3. Meredithsister · 0.67
  4. Jamieeither · 0.66
  5. Jeremybrother · 0.65
  6. Larasister · 0.63

Where Shaunta is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shaunta White0.78
    2. Shaunta Reyes0.78
    3. Shaunta Nguyen0.78
    4. Shaunta Moore0.78
    5. Shaunta Lee0.78
    6. Shaunta Hill0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Shaunta

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.