Girls' name · since 1963
Shantel
Shantel has 10,260 recorded births since 1963 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #1,637 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,125 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,260
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shantel currently ranks #11125 among girls' names in America, with 10,260 babies recorded since 1963.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shantel has been recorded 10,260 times among girls since 1963, currently ranked #11125 nationally and more common than 36% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1963 to 2025.
- #1,637 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,125 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 10,260 born since 1963
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shantel ranks #1,637 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,125 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 10,260 born since 1963, peaking in the 1990s.
- #1,637 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,125 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 10,260
- born since 1963
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shantel's 10,260 recorded births place it above 97.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
41 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by New York.
How Shantel compares
10,260 Top 9% higher than 91% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shantel's all-time total is 27x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shantel | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 10,260 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 486 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shantel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shantel's full recorded timeline at 1994, 29% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 71% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 2024, with just 8 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1990 peak of 486 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shantel popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1963–2025
- Peak year (1990)
- 486
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Shantel popularity over time - boys
59 total births recorded since 1973 (Shantel as boys' name)
Shantel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (3,475 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Shantel's strongest decade.
3,475 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Shantel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 312
1960s
312 births
- 1970s
1970s
1,939 births
- 1980s
1980s
3,226 births
- 1990s
1990s
3,475 births
- 2000s 976
2000s
976 births
- 2010s 271
2010s
271 births
- 2020s 61
2020s
61 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 3,475 births (34% of all-time use).
How Shantel compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Shantel's total volume
Shantel by state
Where Shantel concentrates geographically, total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 1,021 | 10.0% |
| #2 | California | | 792 | 7.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 598 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 490 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 478 | 4.7% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 432 | 4.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 345 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Utah | | 331 | 3.2% |
1,021 of 10,260 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 41 reporting states.
Shantel appears in 41 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Shantel's data
- Shantel's decade-level peak was the 1990s (3,475 total births); usage has since declined to 61 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Shantels (1,021 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Shantel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1963–2025 (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 Shantel 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.