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
Showing
- 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
girls
Rank among girls' names. Shante has never cracked the top 500 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
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | #10,312 | 9 | — | |
| 2022 | — | — | ||
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| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | — | |
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| 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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First appearance
1964
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.
Where Shante is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Shante in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shante
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
- Biggest jump: 388 spots in 1977
- Biggest drop: 368 spots in 1994
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1964
- Peaked 1985 at #549 (361 births)
- Births halved by 1994, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1977–1993
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,767
- 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%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
- 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.
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