# Shota (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shota/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 317 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 317 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Georgian შოთა (šota).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 15 | 6,019 |
| 2009 | 9 | 8,888 |
| 2010 | 11 | 7,499 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,602 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,471 |
| 2013 | 8 | 9,525 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,688 |
| 2015 | 13 | 6,623 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,542 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,577 |
| 2019 | 7 | 10,635 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12,104 |
| 2023 | 5 | 13,879 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,933 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,600 |

## In other languages

- Armenian: Շոթա
- Catalan: Shota
- Chinese: 紹塔 /绍塔
- Czech: Šota
- Dutch: Sjota
- Esperanto: Ŝota
- Estonian: Šotha
- Finnish: Šota
- French: Chota
- Georgian: შოთა
- German: Schota
- Greek: Σότα
- Hindi: शोथा
- Hungarian: Sota
- Icelandic: Shota
- Indonesian: Shota
- Italian: Shota
- Japanese: ショタ
- Korean: 쇼타
- Latin: Siota

## People named Shota

- Shota Rustaveli, Georgian poet
- Shota Arveladze, Georgian association football player and manager (born 1973)
- Shota Chochishvili, Georgian professional wrestler and judoka (1950–2009)
- Shota Khabareli, Georgian judoka
- Shota Grigalashvili, Georgian footballer
- Shota Mishvelidze, Georgian weightlifter
- Shota Phartenadze, Georgian amateur wrestler
- Shota Nonikashvili, Georgian footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.