Shonte
Shonte is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Shonte Peoples, Canadian football player Shonte Seale, Barbadian netball player
Meaning & Origin of Shonte
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shonte is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Shonte Peoples, Canadian football player Shonte Seale, Barbadian netball player
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The Story of Shonte
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Shonte as a girl name dates back to 1967, when 8 babies received it. 1985 was its biggest year on record, with 58 newborns named Shonte — #1,906 in the national rankings. About 43% of every Shonte on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Shonte last appeared in the published SSA data in 2003, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Shonte first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1971, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1976: 12 births, good for #3,095 nationwide. About 63% of every Shonte on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Shonte last appeared in the published SSA data in 1996, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 80 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Shonte
Shonte is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1967 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Shonte's peak popularity came in 1985 when it ranked #1,906. Use the chart and map above to compare Shonte'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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