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Shaunte

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Variant of Chanté

Shaunte has been given to 1,786 babies in the U.S. since 1967. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1978, with 110 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 95% girls, 5% boys all-time.

Babies named Shaunte, 2015

1 in 740,000

Shaunte over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Shaunte over time

In 2015, Shaunte went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19672015

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Shaunte: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Chanté

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shaunte means

Shaunte is a variant of Chanté.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Shaunte is used in African American (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ʃɑn.ˈteɪ/ for Shaunte.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Chanté.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,698 girls were recorded with the name Shaunte between 1967 and 2015. Its highest annual count was 110 in 1978; its best national rank was #1,160 in 1978.

In the United States, 88 boys were recorded with the name Shaunte between 1976 and 1990. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1978; its best national rank was #3,048 in 1978.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Shaunte?

Shaunte had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2015, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2015
1 in 740,000
5 of 3,701,574 births
Among girls only
1 in 357,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2015
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
513,148 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Shaunte sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2015 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 513,148 children born in 2015 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shaunte. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shauntes were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shaunte was born before 1984 — so the typical Shaunte is around 41 today.

Median birth year
1984
About 41 years old
Biggest decade
1980s
49.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
20.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,698
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1980s — 49.2% of all recorded uses (836).

Is Shaunte rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1978 (110)
Years since peak
47
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
39.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,160
1978

Spellings of Shaunte

Shaunte is not the most common spelling — Shauna is, with 29.7% against Shaunte's 1.8%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Shaunte is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Shaunte was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 139,963 across all states with data. It was least common in Pennsylvania (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 100,000
  4. 4Maryland1 in 100,000
  5. 5New York1 in 100,000
  6. 6Ohio1 in 100,000
  7. 7Texas1 in 100,000
  8. 8Virginia1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shaunte has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Shaunte is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Shaunte was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 2,905,450 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shaunte has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Shaunte by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#1,160
1978
Peak year
1978
110 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
2015
All-time count
1,698
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#3,048
1978
Peak year
1978
14 that year
First recorded
1976
Last recorded
1990
All-time count
88
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Shaunte

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Shaunte

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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