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Girl name

Shontay

98% girls · last recorded 2000

Shontay has been given to about 577 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1977, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 557
Median age today44 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shontay per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & Waleseach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1977 · 44
  • Born in 20250
  • All time577

How popular is Shontay?

Its best year was 1977, when 44 babies were given the name, ranking 2332nd. The typical living American called Shontay is about 44 years old today.

Names that sound like Shontay

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shonda0.69
  2. Shanta0.61
  3. Shay0.60
  4. Sonya0.58
  5. Sonja0.58
  6. Zona0.55
  7. Sonia0.53
  8. Shana0.50

Middle names for Shontay

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shontay Eve0.80
  2. Shontay Elizabeth0.78
  3. Shontay Josephine0.78
  4. Shontay Anne0.78
  5. Shontay Rose0.77
  6. Shontay Louise0.77

Sibling names for Shontay

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Jaimeeither · 0.65
  2. Meredithsister · 0.65
  3. Coreybrother · 0.63
  4. Jamieeither · 0.62
  5. Aprilsister · 0.62
  6. Travisbrother · 0.62

Where Shontay is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shontay Anderson0.74
    2. Shontay White0.72
    3. Shontay Reyes0.72
    4. Shontay Nguyen0.72
    5. Shontay Moore0.72
    6. Shontay Lee0.72

    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 Shontay

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025

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