Shantez — boys' name
48 babies named Shantez in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
48 boys have been named Shantez since 1975, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 1998.
- 48
- total births
- 1975–1998
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 50%
- born in that decade
50% of everyone ever named Shantez was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Shantez in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shantez
The Social Security Administration has registered 48 babies named Shantez between 1975 and 1998, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Shantez currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 8 babies received it in a single year. Shantez is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 29 additional births since 1989.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shantez performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Shantez shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shantez 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 48 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.
Shantez at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shantez popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1975
- Peak year (1992)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
48 total births across 24 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 8 births in a single year.
Shantez popularity over time — girls
29 total births recorded since 1989 (Shantez as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Shantez accounts for 38% of total recorded use across both genders.
Shantez by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 24 births that decade — 50% of Shantez's all-time total
Shantez decade highlights
- Peak decade 24 births
- Runner-up 12 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Shantez's strongest decade
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1975–1998 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.