Shantay
Last seen for girls in 2011 at #16,764
- Peak · girls
- 1978 · 68 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,271since 1961
Shantay over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Shantay has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2011 | #16,764 | 5 |
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| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #6,299 | 18 |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 |
| 2000 | #8,027 | 12 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #6,483 | 14 |
| 1996 | #4,453 | 23 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #3,790 | 28 |
| 1993 | #3,877 | 27 |
| 1992 | #3,144 | 36 |
| 1991 | #2,550 | 48 |
| 1990 | #3,156 | 35 |
| 1989 | #2,527 | 45 |
| 1988 | #2,131 | 54 |
| 1987 | #1,678 | 72 |
| 1986 | #2,079 | 51 |
| 1985 | #1,856 | 60 |
| 1984 | #2,340 | 41 |
| 1983 | #1,887 | 55 |
| 1982 | #2,115 | 48 |
| 1981 | #2,231 | 45 |
| 1980 | #1,886 | 57 |
| 1979 | #2,187 | 45 |
| 1978 | #1,581 | 68 |
| 1977 | #2,026 | 47 |
| 1976 | #2,546 | 31 |
| 1975 | #2,456 | 32 |
| 1974 | #2,616 | 28 |
| 1973 | #3,342 | 19 |
| 1972 | #2,356 | 31 |
| 1971 | #4,123 | 14 |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 |
| 1969 | #3,774 | 14 |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 |
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| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
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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.
Where Shantay is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Shantay in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1960s | 72 | #3,484 (1967) | #4,938 |
| 1970s | 326 | #1,581 (1978) | #2,799 |
| 1980s | 528 | #1,678 (1987) | #2,073 |
| 1990s | 247 | #2,550 (1991) | #4,997 |
| 2000s | 93 | #6,299 (2003) | #10,531 |
| 2010s | 5 | #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.
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