Shantay — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shantay

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,270 babies named Shantay between 1961 and 2011, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shantay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 72 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shantay performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 527 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Shantay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 100 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Shantay in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shantay 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 1,270 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.