Shantell — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shantell

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,080 babies named Shantell between 1963 and 2021, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shantell currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 196 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shantell performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 1,689 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Shantell shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 597 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Shantell in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shantell 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 5,080 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.