Boys' name · since 1972
Shant
823 babies named Shant in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,805 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,933 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 823
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
823 babies have been named Shant since 1972, making it today's #10933 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Shant recorded 823 times among boys since 1972, holding rank #10933 nationally today, ahead of 22% of boys, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2025.
- #5,805 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,933 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 823 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shant ranks #5,805 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,933 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 823 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #5,805 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,933 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 823
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shant's 823 recorded births place it above 87.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Shant compares
823 Top 35% higher than 65% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shant's all-time total is 123% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shant | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 823 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 33 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shant's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shant's SSA record in two at 1997 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2021, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 33, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shant popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2025
- Peak year (1991)
- 33
- Annual births at peak, across 54 years of records
Shant by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (249 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Shant's strongest decade.
249 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Shant births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 58
1970s
58 births
- 1980s
1980s
203 births
- 1990s
1990s
249 births
- 2000s
2000s
185 births
- 2010s 95
2010s
95 births
- 2020s 33
2020s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 249 births (30% of all-time use).
How Shant compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Shant's total volume
Shant by state
Where Shant concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 556 | 67.6% |
| #2 | Massachusetts | | 5 | 0.6% |
556 of 823 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Shant's data
- Shant's decade-level peak was the 1990s (249 total births); usage has since declined to 33 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Shants (556 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shant: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~53 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1972–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shant draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.