Girls' name · since 1980
Shantese
59 babies named Shantese in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #33,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
59 girls have been named Shantese since 1980, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Shantese has 59 recorded births among girls since 1980, 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 1980 to 1992.
- #33,137 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 59 born since 1980
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shantese ranks #33,137 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 59 born since 1980, peaking in the 1980s.
- #33,137 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 59
- born since 1980
- 1980s
- peak decade
Shantese's 59 recorded births place it above 54.13% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Shantese's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shantese splits its recorded history at 1989: 53% of all births land in the more recent half, 47% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1989 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shantese popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1992
- Peak year (1989)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Shantese by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (37 births, 63% of the file).
1980s was Shantese's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Shantese births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
37 births
- 1990s
1990s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 37 births (63% of all-time use).
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- Shantese's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (37 total births) through the 1990s (22) -- 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 Shantese: 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 (~12 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, 1980–1992 (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 Shantese 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.