Shantina — girls' name
366 babies named Shantina in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
41% of everyone ever named Shantina was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Shantina in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Shantina
The Social Security Administration has registered 366 babies named Shantina between 1970 and 2005, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shantina currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Shantina performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 151 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shantina shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Shantina in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Shantina 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 366 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.
Shantina at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Shantina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1970
- Peak year (1991)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
366 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 25 births in a single year.
Shantina by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 151 births that decade — 41% of Shantina's all-time total
Shantina decade highlights
- Peak decade 151 births
- Runner-up 124 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Shantina's strongest decade
151 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 41% of all-time use.
Shantina by state
Where Shantina concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 366 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- North Carolina 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
North Carolina accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1970–2005 (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.