Shantay

Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764

Peak · girls
1978 · 68 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,271
since 1961

Shantay over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shantay has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201980peak #1,581, 1978girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2011#16,7645
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2008#17,5045
2007#12,6768
2006#11,4179
2005#10,12810
2004#9,89210
2003#6,29918
2002#11,1088
2001#7,72413
2000#8,02712
1999#7,71612
1998#6,71914
1997#6,48314
1996#4,45323
1995#8,07910
1994#3,79028
1993#3,87727
1992#3,14436
1991#2,55048
1990#3,15635
1989#2,52745
1988#2,13154
1987#1,67872
1986#2,07951
1985#1,85660
1984#2,34041
1983#1,88755
1982#2,11548
1981#2,23145
1980#1,88657
1979#2,18745
1978#1,58168
1977#2,02647
1976#2,54631
1975#2,45632
1974#2,61628
1973#3,34219
1972#2,35631
1971#4,12314
1970#4,76111
1969#3,77414
1968#5,1478
1967#3,48414
1966#5,8096
1965#4,8318
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1962#5,8606
1961#4,00911
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First appearance
1961

The first year at least five girls were named Shantay! It came in at #4,009, and was given to 11 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1963–1964, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Shantay
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2011
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1961
  • Peaked 1978 at #1,581 (68 births)
  • Births halved by 1993, 15 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 22,527
  • Highest: 1 in 22,527 girls born in 1978 were named Shantay (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 351,813 girls born in 2011 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 41.5% of all girls named Shantay (528) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s72#3,484 (1967)#4,938
1970s326#1,581 (1978)#2,799
1980s528#1,678 (1987)#2,073
1990s247#2,550 (1991)#4,997
2000s93#6,299 (2003)#10,531
2010s5#16,764 (2011)#16,764

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.

Shantay in 1980

girls
#1,886
57 births · 1 in 29,128 girls

Top girls' names in 1980

  1. #1Jennifer58,374
  2. #2Amanda35,811
  3. #3Jessica33,924
  4. #4Melissa31,629
  5. #5Sarah25,757
  6. #6Heather19,973
  7. #7Nicole19,917
  8. #8Amy19,833
  9. #9Elizabeth19,529
  10. #10Michelle19,119
  11. #1,886Shantay57
More about 1980

girls

1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 29,128 of them was named Shantay, which outranked 84.5% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shantay
  1. #1,863Teena58
  2. #1,863Tenika58
  3. #1,863Yasmine58
  4. #1,886Shantay57
  5. #1,886Ambrosia57
  6. #1,886Cammie57
  7. #1,886Corrin57
  8. #1,904Allegra56
  9. #1,904Annabelle56
  10. #1,904Antonio56

Tied with 17 names at #1,886; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1979
Risers
  1. 1,510Renada#2,218#708
  2. 1,173Tai#2,112#939
  3. 1,036Anya#1,592#556
  4. 601Chimere#1,503#902
  5. 517Brynn#1,442#925
Fallers
  1. 529Marlana#989#1,518
  2. 494Kizzy#647#1,141
  3. 369January#748#1,117
  4. 361Carisa#836#1,197
  5. 328Latonia#841#1,169

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1980