Shantell
Last seen for girls in 2021 at #10,292 · Last seen for boys in 1988 at #7,270
Given to girls 99.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1984 · 186 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,080since 1963
Shantell over time
Rank among girls' names. Shantell has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | #10,292 | 9 | — | |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | — | |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | — | |
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,721 | 18 | — | |
| 2014 | #13,069 | 7 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | #7,804 | 15 | — | |
| 2011 | #5,207 | 26 | — | |
| 2010 | #6,182 | 21 | — | |
| 2009 | #6,317 | 21 | — | |
| 2008 | #4,647 | 32 | — | |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,176 | 52 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,029 | 35 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,631 | 40 | — | |
| 2003 | #3,232 | 45 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,673 | 57 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,700 | 55 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,900 | 89 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,786 | 89 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,830 | 84 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,671 | 94 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,431 | 115 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,294 | 129 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,224 | 143 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,243 | 139 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,042 | 177 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,024 | 180 | — | |
| 1990 | #993 | 185 | — | |
| 1989 | #933 | 192 | — | |
| 1988 | #921 | 184 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #866 | 196 | — | |
| 1986 | #915 | 176 | — | |
| 1985 | #987 | 154 | — | |
| 1984 | #836 | 186 | — | |
| 1983 | #973 | 150 | — | |
| 1982 | #994 | 148 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #1,009 | 144 | — | |
| 1980 | #939 | 159 | — | |
| 1979 | #948 | 155 | — | |
| 1978 | #995 | 137 | — | |
| 1977 | #952 | 145 | — | |
| 1976 | #921 | 142 | #4,935 | 6 |
| 1975 | #889 | 149 | — | |
| 1974 | #871 | 149 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #955 | 126 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #1,045 | 111 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,237 | 90 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,389 | 75 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,290 | 76 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,559 | 54 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,484 | 14 | — | |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 | — | |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,879 | 12 | — | |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Shantell! It came in at #5,891, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 2017, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Shantell is popular in 1978
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#172 · 1 in 764
- Idaho#269 · 1 in 1,337
- Utah#395 · 1 in 2,528
- Michigan#605 · 1 in 5,755
- Georgia#766 · 1 in 6,450
Best ever in a state: #154 in Louisiana, 1981.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #172 | 36 | 1 in 764 |
| Idaho | #269 | 5 | 1 in 1,337 |
| Utah | #395 | 6 | 1 in 2,528 |
| Michigan | #605 | 10 | 1 in 5,755 |
| Georgia | #766 | 5 | 1 in 6,450 |
| Florida | #949 | 5 | 1 in 8,805 |
| Illinois | #1,232 | 5 | 1 in 14,181 |
| California | #1,277 | 11 | 1 in 13,939 |
| Texas | #1,297 | 7 | 1 in 14,770 |
| New York | #1,415 | 6 | 1 in 16,388 |
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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 Shantell
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2021
- Biggest jump: 137 spots in 1984 (#973 → #836)
- Biggest drop: 151 spots in 1985 (#836 → #987)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1984 at #836 (186 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1982–1990
- Highest: 1 in 8,871 girls born in 1987 were named Shantell (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 182,318 girls born in 2021 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #836 in 1984, was only 1 in 9,053 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 33.2% of all girls named Shantell (1,689) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 185 | #1,290 (1969) | #3,409 |
| 1970s | 1,279 | #871 (1974) | #1,020 |
| 1980s | 1,689 | #836 (1984) | #937 |
| 1990s | 1,335 | #993 (1990) | #1,354 |
| 2000s | 457 | #1,900 (2000) | #3,698 |
| 2010s | 119 | #5,207 (2011) | #9,773 |
| 2020s | 16 | #10,292 (2021) | #11,217 |
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.
Shantell in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 11,181 of them was named Shantell, which outranked 91.3% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #992Bettina139
- #992Francisca139
- #994Kiana138
- #995Shantell137
- #995Charissa137
- #995Karri137
- #995Kyra137
- #1,001Benita136
- #1,001Cristal136
- #1,001Johnna136
Tied with 5 names at #995; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.