Shata
Alhaji (Dr) Mamman Shata MON was a Nigerian singer.
Meaning & Origin of Shata
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Alhaji (Dr) Mamman Shata MON was a Nigerian singer.
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The Story of Shata
American parents first put Shata on the record books as a baby girl name in 1975, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1980, when 6 Shatas were born — ranking #9,096 that year. About 62% of every Shata on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Shata last appeared in the published SSA data in 1986, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 26 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Shata
Shata is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 26 births in the dataset. Shata's peak popularity came in 1980 when it ranked #9,096. Use the chart and map above to compare Shata's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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