Girls' name · since 1976
Shantaye
46 babies named Shantaye in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #36,046 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shantaye is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 46 have been recorded since 1976.
Social Security Administration records show Shantaye recorded 46 times among girls since 1976, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 1989.
- #36,046 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 46 born since 1976
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shantaye ranks #36,046 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 1976, peaking in the 1980s.
- #36,046 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 1976
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shantaye's 46 recorded births place it above 50.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shantaye's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shantaye splits its recorded history at 1987: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1976 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1986 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shantaye popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–1989
- Peak year (1986)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Shantaye by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (41 births, 89% of the file).
1980s was Shantaye's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 89% of all-time use.
Shantaye births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
41 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 41 births (89% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shantaye: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1986)
Similar record span (~13 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, 1976–1989 (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 Shantaye 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.