Shanty

Girl · recorded 1978–2018

  • 2018last recorded
  • 2015best year

Most popular in 2015.

Last recorded in 2018. 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 Shanty.

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Its story

Popularity since 1978

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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 20 recorded years as a table
Shanty, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19783
19953
20014
20023
20035
20044
20055
20066
20074
20084
20094
20106
20117
201210
20136
20143
201516
20166
20174
20184

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Shanty 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

More like Shanty

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2018
7
Rank in 2018
#12,464
How rare
1 in 243,010 girls
Since 1978
193

Shanty was last recorded in 2018. 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 2015, at 16 per million girls born.

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

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