Given name
Shontae
“filled with hope”
Shontae is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “filled with hope.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “filled with hope.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
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
Shontae through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 852
- 10 boys · 842 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 54 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 7 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 54 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 685 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.
Shontae’s family of names
Shontae has a related form in Shawntae. Shontae has a related form in Shauntae. Shontae has a related form in Shawntay.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 17
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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