Shanta
Last seen for girls in 2014 at #16,513 · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,941
Given to girls 97.3% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 360 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,112since 1958
Shanta over time
Rank among girls' names. Shanta has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
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| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
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| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | — | |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | — | |
| 2006 | #15,152 | 6 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,883 | 12 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,768 | 17 | — | |
| 2003 | #7,207 | 15 | — | |
| 2002 | #6,698 | 16 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,619 | 16 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | — | |
| 1999 | #3,895 | 30 | — | |
| 1998 | #3,426 | 35 | — | |
| 1997 | #3,626 | 31 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,421 | 53 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,209 | 60 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,741 | 85 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,688 | 89 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,619 | 93 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,247 | 132 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,091 | 153 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #1,073 | 147 | — | |
| 1987 | #878 | 193 | — | |
| 1986 | #820 | 205 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #726 | 237 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #816 | 194 | — | |
| 1983 | #869 | 175 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #794 | 203 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #679 | 255 | #3,858 | 10 |
| 1980 | #668 | 264 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #584 | 312 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #517 | 360 | #2,473 | 18 |
| 1977 | #577 | 301 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #840 | 163 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #818 | 167 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #779 | 177 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #911 | 135 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #919 | 134 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #944 | 136 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #1,154 | 100 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,338 | 72 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,708 | 47 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,732 | 44 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,064 | 32 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,692 | 13 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,176 | 16 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,161 | 16 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | — | |
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| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shanta! It came in at #6,103, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1959, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Shanta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2014
- Biggest jump: 263 spots in 1977 (#840 → #577)
- Biggest drop: 195 spots in 1988 (#878 → #1,073)
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1978 at #517 (360 births)
- Births halved by 1983, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1971–1987
- Highest: 1 in 4,255 girls born in 1978 were named Shanta (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 357,271 girls born in 2014 (0.00%)
- 39.6% of all girls named Shanta (2,026) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,103 (1958) | #6,103 |
| 1960s | 302 | #1,338 (1969) | #2,591 |
| 1970s | 1,985 | #517 (1978) | #804 |
| 1980s | 2,026 | #668 (1980) | #841 |
| 1990s | 646 | #1,247 (1990) | #2,497 |
| 2000s | 129 | #5,491 (2000) | #9,224 |
| 2010s | 19 | #13,347 (2011) | #14,436 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Shanta in 1973
Top girls' names in 1973
Top boys' names in 1973
More about 1973
girls
1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 10,802 of them was named Shanta, which outranked 90.7% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #908Kirstin137
- #908Tamatha137
- #910Nellie136
- #911Shanta135
- #911Elvira135
- #911Lila135
- #911Mariah135
- #917Anika134
- #917Brenna134
- #917Brook134
Tied with 5 names at #911; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 222,654 of them was named Shanta, which outranked 31.0% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,694Zebedee8
- #3,694Zebulun8
- #3,694Zenas8
- #4,054Shanta7
- #4,054Aaran7
- #4,054Abron7
- #4,054Adair7
- #4,505Abdu6
- #4,505Abelino6
- #4,505Able6
Tied with 450 names at #4,054; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
- ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
- ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
- ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
- ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.