Girls' name · since 1968
Shantele
238 babies named Shantele in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,093 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 238
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shantele is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 238 have been recorded since 1968.
Shantele has 238 recorded births among girls since 1968, 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 1968 to 1999.
- #18,093 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 238 born since 1968
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shantele ranks #18,093 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 238 born since 1968, peaking in the 1980s.
- #18,093 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 238
- born since 1968
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shantele's 238 recorded births place it above 74.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shantele's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shantele's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1989 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shantele popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–1999
- Peak year (1989)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Shantele by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (94 births, 39% of the file).
1980s was Shantele's strongest decade.
94 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Shantele births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 14
1960s
14 births
- 1970s
1970s
73 births
- 1980s
1980s
94 births
- 1990s
1990s
57 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 94 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Shantele's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (94 total births) through the 1990s (57) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shantele: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1968–1999 (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 Shantele 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.