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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Shantia

Shantia was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 1835th; the most babies were born in 1989 (64). More babies were named Shantia 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
198964 babies
Total since 1880
1,088babies recorded

Shantia popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#13,2838
2000#5,28822
1990#2,19759
1980#3,48524
1970——
1960——
1950——
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1880——

How popular is Shantia, counting every spelling?

Shantia has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Shantia?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Shantia are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 31 and 41. That makes Shantia 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.

Shantia by state

How common Shantia was among girls born in each state in 1987–1991, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Florida (3.3×). In 44 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: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesMI0.04New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesNJ0.05Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: 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: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesMD0.12Delaware: 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: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNC0.06South 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: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesGA0.05Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesFL0.09
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Shantia, girls, 1987–1991. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

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

Questions about the name Shantia

How popular is the name Shantia?

Shantia was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1986, when it ranked 1835th; the most babies were born in 1989 (64). More babies were named Shantia in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Shantia a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 1,088 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Shantia most popular?

In 1987–1991, Shantia was most common in Maryland (0.12 per 1,000 girls), followed by Florida and North Carolina.