Shantai — girls' name
160 babies named Shantai in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
160 girls have been named Shantai since 1974, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 2002.
- 160
- total births
- 1974–2002
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 53%
- born in that decade
53% of everyone ever named Shantai was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Shantai in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shantai
The Social Security Administration has registered 160 babies named Shantai between 1974 and 2002, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shantai currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2002. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shantai performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 85 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shantai shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shantai in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shantai in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 160 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Shantai at a glance
Last recorded 2002Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shantai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–1974
- Peak year (1977)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 29 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2002.
160 total births across 29 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 15 births in a single year.
Shantai by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 85 births that decade — 53% of Shantai's all-time total
Shantai decade highlights
- Peak decade 85 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shantai's strongest decade
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Shantai by state
Where Shantai concentrates geographically — total births since 1974
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 6 | 3.8% |
6 of 160 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 3.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 3.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1974–2002 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.