Shantel — #11237 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Shantel

The Social Security Administration has registered 10,252 babies named Shantel between 1963 and 2024, spanning 62 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shantel currently holds the #11237 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 486 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shantel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 3,475 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shantel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 1,021 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shantel in 41 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shantel 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 10,252 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.