Shanta

Boy · recorded 1971–1989

  • 1989last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Shanta.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1971

061119711976198019851989

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 16 recorded years as a table
Shanta, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19716
19724
19734
19746
19754
19766
19779
197811
19796
19806
19816
19824
19833
19853
19863
19893

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shanta isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 1989
6
Rank in 1989
#6,941
How rare
1 in 333,488 boys
Since 1971
142

Shanta was last recorded in 1989. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 11 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Shanta doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.