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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201997peak #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
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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 1997

  • 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: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #158 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 568 girlsNDMinnesota: #567 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,162 girlsMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedWIMichigan: #990 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,660 girlsMINew York: #703 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 5,050 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedORNevada: 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: #641 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,685 girlsINOhio: #1,198 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 12,367 girlsOHPennsylvania: #667 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,297 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,215 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 11,143 girlsCAUtah: #256 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,199 girlsUTColorado: #694 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,190 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedNEMissouri: 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: #591 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,157 girlsVAMaryland: #670 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,728 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: #237 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 920 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedKSArkansas: #412 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,295 girlsARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #823 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 6,676 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #448 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,403 girlsOKLouisiana: #578 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,607 girlsLAMississippi: #432 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,303 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Shantel, so not publishedALGeorgia: #926 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,128 girlsGAHawaii: #242 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 749 girlsHITexas: #1,361 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 12,717 girlsTXFlorida: #707 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 5,239 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Dakota#158 · 1 in 568
  2. New Mexico#237 · 1 in 920
  3. Hawaii#242 · 1 in 749
  4. Utah#256 · 1 in 1,199
  5. Arkansas#412 · 1 in 2,295

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Dakota#15851 in 568
New Mexico#23791 in 920
Hawaii#24251 in 749
Utah#256131 in 1,199
Arkansas#41251 in 2,295
Mississippi#43251 in 2,303
Oklahoma#44871 in 2,403
Minnesota#56761 in 4,162
Louisiana#57861 in 3,607
Virginia#59181 in 4,157
Indiana#64171 in 4,685
Pennsylvania#667111 in 5,297
Maryland#67051 in 4,728
Colorado#69451 in 4,190
New York#703201 in 5,050
Florida#707141 in 5,239
North Carolina#82361 in 6,676
Georgia#92661 in 7,128
Michigan#99061 in 8,660
Ohio#1,19851 in 12,367
California#1,215201 in 11,143
Texas#1,361111 in 12,717
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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 1997

girls
#861
237 births · 1 in 7,345 girls

Top girls' names in 1997

  1. #1Emily25,734
  2. #2Jessica21,045
  3. #3Ashley20,897
  4. #4Sarah20,716
  5. #5Hannah20,597
  6. #6Samantha20,170
  7. #7Taylor19,504
  8. #8Alexis17,171
  9. #9Elizabeth15,430
  10. #10Madison15,189
  11. #861Shantel237
More about 1997

girls

1,740,710 girls got a published name in 1997; 1 in 7,345 of them was named Shantel, which outranked 94.7% of the 16,163 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shantel
  1. #858Beth238
  2. #858Janie238
  3. #858Shanna238
  4. #861Shantel237
  5. #861Emilia237
  6. #861Ingrid237
  7. #861Tammy237
  8. #865Berenice236
  9. #865Kaylah236
  10. #865Lucero236

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

Biggest movers since 1996
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,582Yulisa#10,567 → #985
  2. ↑ 3,882Yulissa#4,306 → #424
  3. ↑ 2,634Tea#3,429 → #795
  4. ↑ 2,046Taya#2,901 → #855
  5. ↑ 1,202Julisa#1,930 → #728
Fallers
  1. ↓ 931Yamilex#707 → #1,638
  2. ↓ 477Suzette#998 → #1,475
  3. ↓ 457Chynna#834 → #1,291
  4. ↓ 396Moesha#547 → #943
  5. ↓ 377Daijah#975 → #1,352

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

See the top 100 for 1997 →