Shantel
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls 99.4% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1990 · 486 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 10,260since 1963
Shantel over time
Rank among girls' names. Shantel has never cracked the top 400 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 | #10,917 | 8 | — | |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 | — | |
| 2023 | #8,486 | 12 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,409 | 15 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,517 | 23 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,850 | 28 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | — | |
| 2013 | #5,013 | 27 | — | |
| 2012 | #4,836 | 29 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,999 | 37 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,075 | 54 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,705 | 67 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,158 | 53 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,647 | 69 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,287 | 83 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,140 | 86 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,135 | 84 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,509 | 129 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,456 | 131 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,620 | 113 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,231 | 161 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,133 | 173 | — | |
| 1998 | #981 | 206 | — | |
| 1997 | #861 | 237 | — | |
| 1996 | #577 | 398 | — | |
| 1995 | #642 | 337 | — | |
| 1994 | #618 | 358 | — | |
| 1993 | #584 | 402 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #537 | 439 | — | |
| 1991 | #531 | 439 | — | |
| 1990 | #499 | 486 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #512 | 457 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | #539 | 404 | — | |
| 1987 | #506 | 419 | — | |
| 1986 | #559 | 359 | — | |
| 1985 | #571 | 342 | — | |
| 1984 | #595 | 302 | — | |
| 1983 | #692 | 245 | — | |
| 1982 | #686 | 255 | — | |
| 1981 | #735 | 224 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #757 | 219 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #682 | 251 | — | |
| 1978 | #731 | 214 | #5,772 | 5 |
| 1977 | #740 | 207 | — | |
| 1976 | #723 | 202 | — | |
| 1975 | #754 | 189 | #3,941 | 8 |
| 1974 | #741 | 192 | #3,558 | 9 |
| 1973 | #725 | 196 | #4,505 | 6 |
| 1972 | #712 | 201 | — | |
| 1971 | #822 | 169 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,042 | 118 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,059 | 107 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,056 | 99 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,249 | 28 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shantel! It came in at #4,019, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2021–2025, when fewer than 13 girls a year got the name.
Where Shantel is popular in 1973
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#257 · 1 in 907
- Louisiana#325 · 1 in 1,712
- Oregon#348 · 1 in 2,053
- Iowa#368 · 1 in 3,260
- Utah#372 · 1 in 2,171
Best ever in a state: #68 in Hawaii, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #257 | 5 | 1 in 907 |
| Louisiana | #325 | 15 | 1 in 1,712 |
| Oregon | #348 | 6 | 1 in 2,053 |
| Iowa | #368 | 5 | 1 in 3,260 |
| Utah | #372 | 5 | 1 in 2,171 |
| Missouri | #414 | 9 | 1 in 3,240 |
| Maryland | #429 | 6 | 1 in 3,135 |
| Oklahoma | #436 | 5 | 1 in 3,076 |
| Florida | #505 | 12 | 1 in 3,579 |
| Georgia | #568 | 7 | 1 in 4,867 |
| Michigan | #592 | 10 | 1 in 5,888 |
| Illinois | #700 | 11 | 1 in 6,383 |
| Texas | #734 | 15 | 1 in 6,291 |
| California | #843 | 17 | 1 in 7,694 |
| New York | #947 | 10 | 1 in 10,334 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Shantel
- 205 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,917)
- 3,358 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #10,917)
- 4,465 spots since 2015 (#6,452 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1971 (#1,042 → #822)
- Biggest drop: 284 spots in 1997 (#577 → #861)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1990 at #499 (486 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1971–1998
- Highest: 1 in 3,906 girls born in 1990 were named Shantel (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 33.9% of all girls named Shantel (3,475) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 312 | #1,056 (1968) | #2,337 |
| 1970s | 1,939 | #682 (1979) | #767 |
| 1980s | 3,226 | #506 (1987) | #615 |
| 1990s | 3,475 | #499 (1990) | #696 |
| 2000s | 976 | #1,231 (2000) | #2,089 |
| 2010s | 271 | #3,075 (2010) | #5,353 |
| 2020s | 61 | #7,559 (2020) | #9,676 |
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.
Shantel 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 7,440 of them was named Shantel, which outranked 92.6% 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).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 259,763 of them was named Shantel, which outranked 23.3% 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).
- #4,054Zakary7
- #4,054Zalmen7
- #4,054Zubin7
- #4,505Shantel6
- #4,505Abdu6
- #4,505Abelino6
- #4,505Able6
- #5,101Abdalla5
- #5,101Abiel5
- #5,101Abrahm5
Tied with 595 names at #4,505; 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.