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Girl name

Shunta

96% girls · last recorded 1998

Shunta has been given to about 761 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≈ 733
Median age today46 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shunta per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1979 · 78
  • Born in 20250
  • All time761

How popular is Shunta?

Its best year was 1979, when 78 babies were given the name, ranking 1622nd. The typical living American called Shunta is about 46 years old today.

Names that sound like Shunta

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shanta0.80
  2. Santa0.68
  3. Shasta0.68
  4. Shauna0.64
  5. Shana0.61
  6. Shanna0.61
  7. Shanda0.61
  8. Shonda0.61

Middle names for Shunta

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

Sibling names for Shunta

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Jaimeeither · 0.66
  2. Aprilsister · 0.66
  3. Meredithsister · 0.65
  4. Larasister · 0.64
  5. Jamieeither · 0.64
  6. Jeremybrother · 0.62

Where Shunta is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

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

    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.