Shantal

Peak · girls
1990 · 70 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,685
since 1968

Shantal over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,952, 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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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#7,49114
2024#6,64217
2023#6,16919
2022#6,98416
2021#5,39823
2020#5,48722
2019#5,44923
2018#5,45423
2017#6,80817
2016#6,40119
2015#6,23620
2014#4,35033
2013#5,01327
2012#5,11427
2011#5,93522
2010#4,39733
2009#4,10737
2008#3,47847
2007#4,21336
2006#3,46946
2005#2,96954
2004#3,39144
2003#3,86935
2002#3,46139
2001#3,36840
2000#3,98331
1999#3,04843
1998#3,35336
1997#2,97740
1996#2,55849
1995#2,21660
1994#2,79743
1993#2,12763
1992#2,65046
1991#2,21559
1990#1,95270
1989#2,19455
1988#3,39328
1987#2,36044
1986#2,90332
1985#3,32826
1984#3,23326
1983#3,06527
1982#3,17227
1981#4,96314
1980#4,32717
1979#5,75111
1978#5,56311
1977#4,23516
1976#4,90512
1975#6,4848
1974#5,7769
1973#5,5809
1972#4,52312
1971#7,3886
1970#5,8188
1969#5,4568
1968#6,2466
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First appearance
1968

The first year at least five girls were named Shantal! It came in at #6,246, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1971, when fewer than 9 girls a year got the name.

Where Shantal is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Shantal in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Shantal
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 849 spots since 2024 (#6,642 → #7,491)
  • 2,004 spots since 2020 (#5,487 → #7,491)
  • 1,255 spots since 2015 (#6,236 → #7,491)
Rise & fade · girls
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1968
  • Peaked 1990 at #1,952 (70 births)
  • Births halved by 2000, 10 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 27,122
  • Highest: 1 in 27,122 girls born in 1990 were named Shantal (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 114,805 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 30.2% of all girls named Shantal (509) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s14#5,456 (1969)#5,851
1970s102#4,235 (1977)#5,602
1980s296#2,194 (1989)#3,294
1990s509#1,952 (1990)#2,589
2000s409#2,969 (2005)#3,631
2010s244#4,350 (2014)#5,516
2020s111#5,398 (2021)#6,362

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.

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