Shantay
Shantay is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 198772 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1961
- 1,270people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,270 girls have been named Shantay in the United States since 1961, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1987, with 72 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 72 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1980s alone account for 41%.
By decade
In 1987, its biggest year
Shantay was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1987 were Jessica, Ashley, Amanda, Jennifer and Sarah. See all of 1987.
Names that rose and fell with Shantay
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Daniellpeak 1984
- Megganpeak 1985
- Natoshapeak 1986
- Rashondapeak 1988
- Candrapeak 1984
- Shontepeak 1985
- Shanitapeak 1978
- Natashiapeak 1985
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.