Given name
Shauntay
“filled with hope”
Shauntay is a variant of Shontae. One American interpretation is “filled with hope.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shauntay is a variant of Shontae. One American interpretation is “filled with hope.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shauntay is a variant of Shontae. An origin associated with Shontae is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shauntay through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 445
- 6 boys · 439 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 32 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 32 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 402 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shauntay’s family of names
Shauntay has a related form in Shontae.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Shauntay
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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