Shanta
#2,401 most common girls' name of all time · #4,083 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1958–2014
Rank among girls
#2,401
Rank overall
#4,083 of 105,966
First appeared
1958
Years on the list
54 of 146
All-time
5,254
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1978 #518
Best rank
#518 1978
Girls
Boys
peak 378/yr
Shanta first appears in 1958. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,949 |
| 2011 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,597 |
| 2010 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,702 |
| 2009 | 7 | — | 7 | #13,976 |
| 2008 | 11 | — | 11 | #10,227 |
| 2007 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,804 |
| 2006 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,464 |
| 2005 | 12 | — | 12 | #9,005 |
| 2004 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,844 |
| 2003 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,301 |
| 2002 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,800 |
| 2001 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,717 |
| 2000 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,549 |
| 1999 | 30 | — | 30 | #3,923 |
| 1998 | 35 | — | 35 | #3,455 |
| 1997 | 31 | — | 31 | #3,662 |
| 1996 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,118 |
| 1995 | 53 | — | 53 | #2,440 |
| 1994 | 60 | — | 60 | #2,218 |
| 1993 | 85 | — | 85 | #1,746 |
| 1992 | 89 | — | 89 | #1,700 |
| 1991 | 93 | — | 93 | #1,625 |
| 1990 | 132 | — | 132 | #1,248 |
| 1989 | 153 | 6 | 159 | #1,098 |
| 1988 | 147 | — | 147 | #1,075 |
| 1987 | 193 | — | 193 | #881 |
| 1986 | 205 | 5 | 210 | #821 |
| 1985 | 237 | 6 | 243 | #731 |
| 1984 | 194 | — | 194 | #816 |
| 1983 | 175 | 6 | 181 | #871 |
| 1982 | 203 | 7 | 210 | #798 |
| 1981 | 255 | 10 | 265 | #683 |
| 1980 | 264 | 10 | 274 | #670 |
| 1979 | 312 | 11 | 323 | #585 |
| 1978 | 360 | 18 | 378 | #518 |
| 1977 | 301 | 15 | 316 | #577 |
| 1976 | 163 | 9 | 172 | #843 |
| 1975 | 167 | 7 | 174 | #820 |
| 1974 | 177 | 9 | 186 | #780 |
| 1973 | 135 | 7 | 142 | #916 |
| 1972 | 134 | 6 | 140 | #922 |
| 1971 | 136 | 10 | 146 | #946 |
| 1970 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,167 |
| 1969 | 72 | — | 72 | #1,352 |
| 1968 | 47 | — | 47 | #1,725 |
| 1967 | 44 | — | 44 | #1,749 |
| 1966 | 36 | — | 36 | #1,951 |
| 1965 | 32 | — | 32 | #2,107 |
| 1964 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,861 |
| 1963 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,329 |
| 1962 | 16 | — | 16 | #3,286 |
| 1961 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,785 |
| 1960 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,685 |
| 1958 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,992 |