Girls' name · since 1973
Shanterria
251 babies named Shanterria in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,568 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 251
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shanterria sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 251 recorded since 1973.
Shanterria has 251 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 2008.
- #17,568 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 251 born since 1973
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanterria ranks #17,568 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 251 born since 1973, peaking in the 1990s.
- #17,568 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 251
- born since 1973
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shanterria's 251 recorded births place it above 75.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by Georgia.
Shanterria's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shanterria's full recorded timeline at 1993, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1997 peak of 25 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shanterria popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–2008
- Peak year (1997)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2008.
251 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 25 births in a single year.
Shanterria by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (128 births, 51% of the file).
1990s was Shanterria's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Shanterria births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s
1980s
65 births
- 1990s
1990s
128 births
- 2000s 48
2000s
48 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 128 births (51% of all-time use).
Shanterria decade highlights
- Peak decade 128 births
- Runner-up 65 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Shanterria by state
Where Shanterria concentrates geographically, total births since 1973
Top 5 states
- Georgia 31.9% of nationwide
- Florida 8.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 31.9% of all recorded births nationwide - a strong regional concentration for this name.
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- Shanterria's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (128 total births) through the 2000s (48) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Georgia records the most Shanterrias (80 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Georgia names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanterria: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1997)
Similar record span (~35 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, 1973–2008 (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 Shanterria 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.
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