Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shant

#5,394 most common boys' name of all time · #13,412 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1972–2025

Rank among boys
#5,394
Rank overall
#13,412 of 105,966
First appeared
1972
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
823
Since 2016
68
Peak year
1991 #2,214
Best rank
#2,214 1991
Girls Boys peak 33/yr
198020002020

Shant first appears in 1972. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 6 6 #10,967
2023 — 9 9 #8,436
2021 — 6 6 #11,091
2020 — 12 12 #6,748
2019 — 10 10 #7,802
2017 — 14 14 #6,158
2016 — 11 11 #7,294
2015 — 12 12 #6,794
2013 — 12 12 #6,730
2012 — 16 16 #5,567
2011 — 7 7 #9,904
2010 — 13 13 #6,471
2009 — 17 17 #5,418
2008 — 11 11 #7,337
2007 — 18 18 #5,086
2006 — 19 19 #4,744
2005 — 14 14 #5,687
2004 — 25 25 #3,681
2003 — 18 18 #4,519
2002 — 22 22 #3,854
2001 — 19 19 #4,198
2000 — 22 22 #3,700
1999 — 30 30 #2,832
1998 — 31 31 #2,688
1997 — 15 15 #4,358
1996 — 20 20 #3,481
1995 — 31 31 #2,485
1994 — 22 22 #3,172
1993 — 31 31 #2,440
1992 — 20 20 #3,286
1991 — 33 33 #2,214
1990 — 16 16 #3,718
1989 — 28 28 #2,403
1988 — 20 20 #2,834
1987 — 22 22 #2,544
1986 — 23 23 #2,417
1985 — 24 24 #2,283
1984 — 15 15 #3,076
1983 — 17 17 #2,765
1982 — 21 21 #2,407
1981 — 15 15 #3,011
1980 — 18 18 #2,717
1979 — 9 9 #4,309
1978 — 7 7 #4,910
1977 — 9 9 #4,087
1976 — 10 10 #3,686
1975 — 7 7 #4,709
1974 — 9 9 #3,821
1972 — 7 7 #4,431