Girls' name · since 1974
Shantai
Shantai has 160 recorded births since 1974 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1977 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shantai is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 160 have been recorded since 1974.
Shantai has 160 recorded births among girls since 1974, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2002.
- #22,146 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 160 born since 1974
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shantai ranks #22,146 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 160 born since 1974, peaking in the 1980s.
- #22,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 160
- born since 1974
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shantai's 160 recorded births place it above 69.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Shantai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shantai's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1975, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1977 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shantai popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2002
- Peak year (1977)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Shantai by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (85 births, 53% of the file).
1980s was Shantai's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Shantai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
37 births
- 1980s
1980s
85 births
- 1990s 31
1990s
31 births
- 2000s 7
2000s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 85 births (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.
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- Shantai's decade-level peak was the 1980s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Shantais (6 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York 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 Shantai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1977)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1974–2002 (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 Shantai 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.