Shota
Boy · SHOH-tah · Japanese
Shota is a boys' name of Japanese origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Shota mean?
Japanese: Japanese given name; also a Georgian name
Also a Georgian name, borne by the 12th-century poet Shota Rustaveli, author of The Knight in the Panther's Skin.
- Say it
- SHOH-tah
More on Wiktionary.
Is Shota a girl's or a boy's name?
Shota is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shota in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Shota, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1993, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1988.
Half of all the boys named Shota in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shota in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 7 | #8,921 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 7 | #7,275 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
Names like Shota
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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