Shantel
Shantel was the 11778th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 499th with 486 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,088 places. More babies were named Shantel in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #11,778 girls, down 3,872 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 8girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1990486 babies
- Total since 1880
- 10,319babies recorded
Shantel popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 59 since 1973.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #11,778 | 8 |
| 2020 | #7,906 | 14 |
| 2010 | #3,115 | 54 |
| 2000 | #1,236 | 161 |
| 1990 | #499 | 486 |
| 1980 | #758 | 219 |
| 1970 | #1,049 | 118 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Shantel, counting every spelling?
Shantel is the most common spelling of a name family that had 8 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 8 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shantel | 8 | #11,778 | 47 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Shantel?
8 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shantel (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Shantel born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,057 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shantel.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Shantel?
About 9,900 people born in the US named Shantel are alive today, with a median age of 37; half are between 31 and 45. That makes Shantel mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Shantel: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shantel, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Shantel
How popular is the name Shantel?
Shantel was the 11778th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 8 babies. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked 499th with 486 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 5,088 places. More babies were named Shantel in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Shantel a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Shantel in the US.