Shota was the #12,008 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5 babies).
Shota as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#12,008 (5)
2024
#12,349 (5)
2023
#12,239 (5)
2022
#10,863 (6)
2019
#9,756 (7)
2018
#9,670 (7)
2016
#8,816 (8)
2015
#6,324 (13)
2014
#8,130 (9)
2013
#8,789 (8)
2012
#7,050 (11)
2011
#9,600 (7)
2010
#7,087 (11)
2009
#8,310 (9)
2008
#5,767 (15)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1993 at #4,020.
First recorded in the US in 1988.
How common is it?
about 1 in 330,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.