Shantay

Girl · recorded 1961–2011

  • 2011last recorded
  • 1978best year

Most popular in 1978.

Last recorded in 2011. Fewer than five girls 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 Shantay.

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Its story

Popularity since 1961

0224419611974198619992011

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 48 recorded years as a table
Shantay, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19615
19623
19633
19655
19664
19678
19685
19698
19706
19718
197220
197313
197419
197522
197621
197731
197844
197928
198034
198127
198228
198333
198424
198535
198630
198741
198830
198924
199018
199126
199220
199315
199416
19956
199613
19978
19988
19997
20007
20017
20024
200310
20045
20055
20065
20074
20083
20113

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shantay 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.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2011
5
Rank in 2011
#16,764
How rare
1 in 351,813 girls
Since 1961
1,271

Shantay was last recorded in 2011. Fewer than five girls have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1978, at 44 per million girls born.

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

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