Shonta is a rare variant of Shanda that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Shonta is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2003. Shonta was first reported in SSA data in 1964 and peaked in 1977 (114 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | #13,633 | — |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #13,420 | — |
| 2001 | 5 | 5 | #17,566 | — |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | #12,945 | — |
| 1999 | 6 | 6 | #14,168 | — |
| 1998 | 5 | 5 | #16,239 | — |
| 1997 | 13 | — | #7,225 | — |
| 1996 | 9 | — | #9,476 | — |
| 1995 | 17 | — | #5,651 | — |
| 1994 | 11 | — | #8,060 | — |
| 1993 | 22 | — | #4,651 | — |
| 1992 | 35 | — | #3,261 | — |
| 1991 | 34 | — | #3,290 | — |
| 1990 | 43 | — | #2,734 | — |
| 1989 | 44 | — | #2,607 | — |
| 1988 | 52 | — | #2,208 | — |
| 1987 | 60 | — | #1,916 | — |
| 1986 | 60 | — | #1,886 | — |
| 1985 | 74 | — | #1,619 | — |
| 1984 | 47 | — | #2,143 | — |
| 1983 | 63 | — | #1,730 | — |
| 1982 | 79 | — | #1,617 | #5,538 |
| 1981 | 59 | — | #1,865 | — |
| 1980 | 86 | — | #1,492 | #7,151 |
| 1979 | 90 | — | #1,468 | #4,790 |
| 1978 | 108 | — | #1,274 | #3,575 |
| 1977 | 127 | — | #1,125 | #3,176 |
| 1976 | 80 | — | #1,494 | #3,680 |
| 1975 | 73 | — | #1,560 | #4,257 |
| 1974 | 67 | — | #1,576 | #5,147 |
| 1973 | 57 | — | #1,619 | — |
| 1972 | 61 | — | #1,539 | — |
| 1971 | 47 | — | #2,056 | #4,835 |
| 1970 | 38 | — | #2,153 | — |
| 1969 | 22 | — | #2,900 | — |
| 1968 | 17 | — | #3,290 | — |
| 1967 | 21 | — | #2,771 | — |
| 1966 | 12 | — | #3,922 | — |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #5,226 | — |
| 1964 | 5 | — | #7,664 | — |