Girls' name · since 1987
Shantique
Shantique has 55 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1992 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #33,974 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shantique is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 55 have been recorded since 1987.
Shantique has 55 recorded births among girls since 1987, 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 1987 to 1997.
- #33,974 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 55 born since 1987
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shantique ranks #33,974 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 55 born since 1987, peaking in the 1990s.
- #33,974 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 55
- born since 1987
- 1990s
- peak decade
Shantique's 55 recorded births place it above 52.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Michigan.
Shantique's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shantique's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 47% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 53%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1989, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1992 peak of 13, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shantique popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1997
- Peak year (1992)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1997.
55 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 13 births in a single year.
Shantique by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (44 births, 80% of the file).
1990s was Shantique's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 80% of all-time use.
Shantique births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s
1990s
44 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 44 births (80% of all-time use).
Shantique decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Shantique by state
Where Shantique concentrates geographically, total births since 1987
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Michigan | | 9 | 16.4% |
9 of 55 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Michigan 16.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Michigan accounts for 16.4% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Michigan records the most Shantiques (9 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Michigan 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 Shantique: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1987–1997 (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 Shantique 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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