Shantal — #6690 US girls' name
1,671 babies named Shantal in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 62% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Shantal was born in this single decade.
70 babies were named Shantal in 1990 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shantal
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,671 babies named Shantal between 1968 and 2024, spanning 57 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shantal currently holds the #6690 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 70 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shantal performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 509 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shantal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 351 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Shantal in 11 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shantal 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 1,671 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.
Shantal at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shantal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1968
- Peak year (1990)
- 70
- Annual births at peak — across 57 years of records
Currently ranks #6690 among girls.
1,671 total births across 57 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 70 births in a single year.
Shantal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 509 births that decade — 30% of Shantal's all-time total
Shantal decade highlights
- Peak decade 509 births
- Runner-up 409 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shantal's strongest decade
509 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Shantal by state
Where Shantal concentrates geographically — total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 351 | 21.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 120 | 7.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 82 | 4.9% |
| #4 | Florida | | 36 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Louisiana | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 6 | 0.4% |
351 of 1,671 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 21.0% of nationwide
- New York 7.2% of nationwide
- Texas 4.9% of nationwide
- Florida 2.2% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 11 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 21.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Shantal appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1968–2024 (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.