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Shontae

Gender
Girl
Say it
shahn-TAY
Origin
Modern

Shontae is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Shontae come from?

Modern: modern coinage, a variant of Shantae and Shauntae

Is Shontae a girl's or a boy's name?

Shontae is a girls' name.

How popular is Shontae in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 4 girls.

1998Busiest: 4 in 19982011
Shontae in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20113#6,007
20100–
20090–
20080–
20070–
20063#5,259
20050–
20040–
20030–
20023#4,284
20013#4,156
20004#3,399
19990–
19984#3,310

How popular is Shontae in the US?

No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1985, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.

Half of all the girls named Shontae in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.

1969Busiest: 54 in 19852012
Shontae in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20127#13,477
20110–
20100–
20090–
20080–
20075#17,630
20060–
20056#14,495
200411#9,259
20037#12,401
20028#11,102
20018#11,013
200011#8,527
19996#12,681
19985#14,116
199711#7,737
199612#7,125
199514#6,252
199422#4,516
199323#4,387
199230#3,575
199129#3,627
199030#3,518
198939#2,804
198837#2,798
198738#2,610
198645#2,264
198554#1,996
198426#3,232
198327#3,064
198227#3,171
198129#2,986
198034#2,699
197950#2,020
197832#2,629
197734#2,515
197617#3,811
197521#3,259
197424#2,922
19738#6,078
197220#3,177
197117#3,650
19707#6,361
196911#4,417

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Shontae: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shontae, updated 20 October 2026.