Shante
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #10,312 · Last seen for boys in 2001 at #9,243
Given to girls 96.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1985 · 361 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,814since 1964
Shante over time
Rank among girls' names. Shante 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,374 | 10 | — | |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 | — | |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 | — | |
| 2008 | #6,130 | 22 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,383 | 25 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,266 | 24 | — | |
| 2004 | #4,387 | 31 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,885 | 53 | — | |
| 2002 | #3,241 | 43 | — | |
| 2001 | #3,009 | 47 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #2,632 | 56 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,896 | 46 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,614 | 52 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,828 | 81 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,615 | 95 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,229 | 139 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,170 | 151 | #7,770 | 6 |
| 1993 | #802 | 251 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #882 | 224 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #800 | 256 | — | |
| 1990 | #612 | 368 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #647 | 319 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #614 | 325 | #3,915 | 12 |
| 1987 | #655 | 287 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #586 | 329 | #4,853 | 8 |
| 1985 | #549 | 361 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #837 | 185 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #874 | 173 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #857 | 181 | #3,108 | 14 |
| 1981 | #801 | 201 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #817 | 195 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #821 | 192 | #3,357 | 12 |
| 1978 | #685 | 232 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #761 | 199 | #2,008 | 24 |
| 1976 | #1,149 | 101 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | #1,365 | 78 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #1,464 | 68 | #4,190 | 7 |
| 1973 | #1,388 | 71 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #1,364 | 73 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1971 | #1,709 | 53 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,877 | 46 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 | — | |
| 1966 | #4,866 | 8 | — | |
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| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shante! It came in at #6,767, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1964–1965, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Shante
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 388 spots in 1977 (#1,149 → #761)
- Biggest drop: 368 spots in 1994 (#802 → #1,170)
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1985 at #549 (361 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1977–1993
- Highest: 1 in 4,767 girls born in 1985 were named Shante (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 178,287 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
- 44.0% of all girls named Shante (2,556) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 80 | #2,350 (1969) | #4,035 |
| 1970s | 1,113 | #685 (1978) | #1,258 |
| 1980s | 2,556 | #549 (1985) | #724 |
| 1990s | 1,663 | #612 (1990) | #1,445 |
| 2000s | 341 | #2,632 (2000) | #4,638 |
| 2010s | 52 | #9,790 (2010) | #13,331 |
| 2020s | 9 | #10,312 (2023) | #10,312 |
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.
Shante in 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
Top boys' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 7,207 of them was named Shante, which outranked 94.9% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 326,888 of them was named Shante, which outranked 24.9% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,816Zeno7
- #6,816Zeus7
- #6,816Zubair7
- #7,638Shante6
- #7,638Abayomi6
- #7,638Abbott6
- #7,638Abdurrahman6
- #8,700Abdon5
- #8,700Abdoulaye5
- #8,700Abdullahi5
Tied with 1,061 names at #7,638; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.