Given name
Shontay
“filled with hope”
Shontay is a variant of Shontae. One American interpretation is “filled with hope.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Shontay is a variant of Shontae. One American interpretation is “filled with hope.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Shontay 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 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shontay through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 577
- 10 boys · 567 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 44 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 6 in 2000. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 39 in 1977. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 490 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.
Shontay’s family of names
Shontay 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.
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