Shota Popularity by Year
Follow Shota across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Shota birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 5 | #12,008 | Up 341 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 5 | #12,349 | Down 110 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 5 | #12,239 | Down 1,376 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 6 | #10,863 | Down 1,107 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 7 | #9,756 | Down 86 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 7 | #9,670 | Down 854 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 8 | #8,816 | Down 2,492 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 13 | #6,324 | Up 1,806 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 9 | #8,130 | Up 659 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 8 | #8,789 | Down 1,739 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 11 | #7,050 | Up 2,550 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 7 | #9,600 | Down 2,513 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 11 | #7,087 | Up 1,223 places |
| 2009 | Boys | 9 | #8,310 | Down 2,543 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 15 | #5,767 | Up 2,406 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 9 | #8,173 | Down 175 places |
| 2006 | Boys | 9 | #7,998 | Down 1,772 places |
| 2005 | Boys | 12 | #6,226 | Up 2,701 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 7 | #8,927 | Down 1,682 places |
| 2003 | Boys | 9 | #7,245 | Down 2,114 places |
| 2002 | Boys | 14 | #5,131 | Up 2,405 places |
| 2001 | Boys | 8 | #7,536 | Down 1,494 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 10 | #6,042 | Down 1,169 places |
| 1998 | Boys | 13 | #4,873 | Up 2,408 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 7 | #7,281 | Down 3,096 places |
| 1996 | Boys | 15 | #4,185 | Up 606 places |
| 1995 | Boys | 12 | #4,791 | Up 1,581 places |
| 1994 | Boys | 8 | #6,372 | Down 2,352 places |
| 1993 | Boys | 15 | #4,020 | Up 94 places |
| 1992 | Boys | 14 | #4,114 | Up 982 places |
| 1991 | Boys | 10 | #5,096 | Down 929 places |
| 1990 | Boys | 13 | #4,167 | Up 2,259 places |
| 1988 | Boys | 6 | #6,426 | — |