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

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Peak · girls
1990 · 486 births
Debut · girls
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
10,260
since 1963

Shantel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Shantel has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #499, 1990girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#10,9178
2024#11,1228
2023#8,48612
2022#9,68010
2021#10,2929
2020#7,55914
2019#6,17619
2018#7,40915
2017#5,51723
2016#4,85028
2015#6,45219
2014#6,20720
2013#5,01327
2012#4,83629
2011#3,99937
2010#3,07554
2009#2,70567
2008#3,15853
2007#2,64769
2006#2,28783
2005#2,14086
2004#2,13584
2003#1,509129
2002#1,456131
2001#1,620113
2000#1,231161
1999#1,133173
1998#981206
1997#861237
1996#577398
1995#642337
1994#618358
1993#584402#8,7005
1992#537439
1991#531439
1990#499486#6,4157
1989#512457#6,2297
1988#539404
1987#506419
1986#559359
1985#571342
1984#595302
1983#692245
1982#686255
1981#735224#5,4686
1980#757219#5,5256
1979#682251
1978#731214#5,7725
1977#740207
1976#723202
1975#754189#3,9418
1974#741192#3,5589
1973#725196#4,5056
1972#712201
1971#822169
1970#1,042118
1969#1,059107
1968#1,05699
1967#2,21229
1966#2,24928
1965#2,93818
1964#2,82520
1963#4,01911
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First appearance
1963

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 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedNHWashington: #799 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,721 girlsWAIdaho: #269 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,118 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedMNIllinois: #884 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 7,256 girlsILWisconsin: #659 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,198 girlsWIMichigan: #388 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,631 girlsMINew York: #412 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 2,560 girlsNYMassachusetts: #410 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,000 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedRIOregon: #543 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,249 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedIAIndiana: #505 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,639 girlsINOhio: #896 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 9,068 girlsOHPennsylvania: #747 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,928 girlsPANew Jersey: #687 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,351 girlsNJConnecticut: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,286 girlsCTCalifornia: #1,177 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 10,663 girlsCAUtah: #294 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,480 girlsUTColorado: #351 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,843 girlsCONebraska: #309 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,667 girlsNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedWVVirginia: #518 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,788 girlsVAMaryland: #507 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,521 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedDEArizona: #493 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,729 girlsAZNew Mexico: #209 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 855 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedARTennessee: #728 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,860 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #899 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,653 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #521 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,274 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedALGeorgia: #586 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,093 girlsGAHawaii: #258 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 879 girlsHITexas: #1,022 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 8,528 girlsTXFlorida: #534 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,644 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#209 · 1 in 855
  2. Hawaii#258 · 1 in 879
  3. Idaho#269 · 1 in 1,118
  4. Utah#294 · 1 in 1,480
  5. Nebraska#309 · 1 in 1,667

Best ever in a state: #68 in Hawaii, 1983.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#209101 in 855
Hawaii#25851 in 879
Idaho#26951 in 1,118
Utah#294101 in 1,480
Nebraska#30951 in 1,667
Colorado#351111 in 1,843
Michigan#388201 in 2,631
Massachusetts#410111 in 3,000
New York#412421 in 2,560
Connecticut#46051 in 3,286
Arizona#493101 in 2,729
Indiana#50591 in 3,639
Maryland#50771 in 3,521
Virginia#51891 in 3,788
South Carolina#52151 in 3,274
Florida#534201 in 3,644
Oregon#54351 in 3,249
Georgia#586101 in 4,093
Wisconsin#65951 in 5,198
New Jersey#68781 in 5,351
Tennessee#72851 in 5,860
Pennsylvania#74791 in 6,928
Washington#79951 in 5,721
Illinois#884101 in 7,256
Ohio#89671 in 9,068
North Carolina#89951 in 7,653
Texas#1,022161 in 8,528
California#1,177221 in 10,663
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1963
  • Peaked 1990 at #499 (486 births)
  • Births halved by 1997, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1971–1998
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,906
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 33.9% of all girls named Shantel (3,475) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s312#1,056 (1968)#2,337
1970s1,939#682 (1979)#767
1980s3,226#506 (1987)#615
1990s3,475#499 (1990)#696
2000s976#1,231 (2000)#2,089
2010s271#3,075 (2010)#5,353
2020s61#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 1995

girls
#642
337 births · 1 in 5,218 girls

Top girls' names in 1995

  1. #1Jessica27,941
  2. #2Ashley26,606
  3. #3Emily24,382
  4. #4Samantha21,644
  5. #5Sarah21,395
  6. #6Taylor20,426
  7. #7Hannah17,018
  8. #8Brittany16,477
  9. #9Amanda16,354
  10. #10Elizabeth16,192
  11. #642Shantel337
More about 1995

girls

1,758,548 girls got a published name in 1995; 1 in 5,218 of them was named Shantel, which outranked 95.9% of the 15,753 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shantel
  1. #638Montana341
  2. #638Roxanne341
  3. #641Blair338
  4. #642Shantel337
  5. #642Kelsea337
  6. #642Shelbi337
  7. #645Ashlie335
  8. #646Annette334
  9. #646Keri334

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. 6,718Iridian#7,604#886
  2. 2,689Daija#3,615#926
  3. 2,119Lyric#2,752#633
  4. 1,910Daja#2,877#967
  5. 1,602Shania#2,047#445
Fallers
  1. 1,205Nohely#896#2,101
  2. 1,048Zana#802#1,850
  3. 869Kadijah#512#1,381
  4. 609Clarisa#664#1,273
  5. 514Dayana#751#1,265

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

See the top 100 for 1995