Shantasia — girls' name
278 babies named Shantasia in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1993. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
278 girls have been named Shantasia since 1986, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2008.
- 278
- total births
- 1986–2008
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 59%
- born in that decade
59% of everyone ever named Shantasia was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Shantasia in 1993 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shantasia
The Social Security Administration has registered 278 babies named Shantasia between 1986 and 2008, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shantasia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1993, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shantasia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 165 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shantasia shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 43 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shantasia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shantasia 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 278 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.
Shantasia at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shantasia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1986
- Peak year (1993)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
278 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1993 with 25 births in a single year.
Shantasia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 165 births that decade — 59% of Shantasia's all-time total
Shantasia decade highlights
- Peak decade 165 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shantasia's strongest decade
165 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 59% of all-time use.
Shantasia by state
Where Shantasia concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 43 | 15.5% |
43 of 278 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 15.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 15.5% 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, 1986–2008 (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.