Shantel

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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#10,000rank1960197019801990200020102020peak #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 2025

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

See more about Shantel
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 205 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #10,917)
  • 3,358 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #10,917)
  • Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1971
  • Biggest drop: 284 spots in 1997
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.

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