Girls' name · since 1977
Shantaya
Shantaya has 140 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1989 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #23,517 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 140
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shantaya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 140 recorded since 1977.
Shantaya has 140 recorded births among girls since 1977, 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 1977 to 2006.
- #23,517 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 140 born since 1977
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shantaya ranks #23,517 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 140 born since 1977, peaking in the 1980s.
- #23,517 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 140
- born since 1977
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shantaya's 140 recorded births place it above 67.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shantaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shantaya's SSA record in two at 1989 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1979, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shantaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2006
- Peak year (1989)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Shantaya by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (68 births, 49% of the file).
1980s was Shantaya's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Shantaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 12
1970s
12 births
- 1980s
1980s
68 births
- 1990s
1990s
48 births
- 2000s 12
2000s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 68 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Shantaya's decade-level peak was the 1980s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shantaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1977–2006 (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 Shantaya 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.