Shantoria — girls' name

What the Data Says About Shantoria

The Social Security Administration has registered 351 babies named Shantoria between 1978 and 2009, spanning 32 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Shantoria currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Shantoria performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 183 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Shantoria shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Florida, which accounts for 80 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Shantoria in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Shantoria 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 351 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.