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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shantae

Shantae was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 1464th with 87 babies. More babies were named Shantae in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
198687 babies
Total since 1880
1,589babies recorded

Shantae popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.

A few boys are given the name too: 6 since 1978.

YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#16,6616
2000#7,96413
1990#2,02567
1980#1,93056
1970#7,8156
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Shantae, counting every spelling?

Shantae has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shantae?

About 1,500 people born in the US named Shantae are alive today, with a median age of 39; half are between 34 and 45. That makes Shantae mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Shantae by state

How common Shantae was among girls born in each state in 1984–1988, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Virginia (3.3×), New Jersey (2.2×), New York (1.9×), Florida (1.7×). In 42 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesIL0.05Michigan: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMI0.03New York: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesNY0.08Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesPA0.03New Jersey: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.10Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesVA0.14Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesAL0.05Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesFL0.07
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shantae, girls, 1984–1988. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Shantae: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shantae, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Shantae

How popular is the name Shantae?

Shantae was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 1464th with 87 babies. More babies were named Shantae in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Shantae a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,583 girls and 6 boys.

Where was Shantae most popular?

In 1984–1988, Shantae was most common in Virginia (0.14 per 1,000 girls), followed by New Jersey and New York.