Shantea — girls' name
215 babies named Shantea in U.S. Social Security records since 1974, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
215 girls have been named Shantea since 1974, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1999.
- 215
- total births
- 1974–1999
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Shantea was born in this single decade.
21 babies were named Shantea in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shantea
The Social Security Administration has registered 215 babies named Shantea between 1974 and 1999, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shantea currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 21 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shantea performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 99 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shantea shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shantea 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 215 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.
Shantea at a glance
Last recorded 1999Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shantea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–1974
- Peak year (1991)
- 21
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1999.
215 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 21 births in a single year.
Shantea by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 99 births that decade — 46% of Shantea's all-time total
Shantea decade highlights
- Peak decade 99 births
- Runner-up 87 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shantea's strongest decade
99 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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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, 1974–1999 (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.