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.

Shantal

#5,008 most common girls' name of all time · #8,486 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1968–2025

Rank among girls
#5,008
Rank overall
#8,486 of 105,966
First appeared
1968
Years on the list
58 of 146
All-time
1,685
Since 2016
193
Peak year
1990 #1,964
Best rank
#1,964 1990
Girls Boys peak 70/yr
198020002020

Shantal first appears in 1968. 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 14 — 14 #7,601
2024 17 — 17 #6,722
2023 19 — 19 #6,236
2022 16 — 16 #7,076
2021 23 — 23 #5,449
2020 22 — 22 #5,544
2019 23 — 23 #5,500
2018 23 — 23 #5,502
2017 17 — 17 #6,874
2016 19 — 19 #6,481
2015 20 — 20 #6,303
2014 33 — 33 #4,387
2013 27 — 27 #5,058
2012 27 — 27 #5,163
2011 22 — 22 #6,009
2010 33 — 33 #4,429
2009 37 — 37 #4,139
2008 47 — 47 #3,492
2007 36 — 36 #4,243
2006 46 — 46 #3,486
2005 54 — 54 #2,988
2004 44 — 44 #3,413
2003 35 — 35 #3,905
2002 39 — 39 #3,489
2001 40 — 40 #3,395
2000 31 — 31 #4,020
1999 43 — 43 #3,075
1998 36 — 36 #3,381
1997 40 — 40 #3,005
1996 49 — 49 #2,573
1995 60 — 60 #2,235
1994 43 — 43 #2,822
1993 63 — 63 #2,146
1992 46 — 46 #2,674
1991 59 — 59 #2,233
1990 70 — 70 #1,964
1989 55 — 55 #2,213
1988 28 — 28 #3,448
1987 44 — 44 #2,384
1986 32 — 32 #2,951
1985 26 — 26 #3,386
1984 26 — 26 #3,298
1983 27 — 27 #3,128
1982 27 — 27 #3,239
1981 14 — 14 #5,157
1980 17 — 17 #4,468
1979 11 — 11 #6,005
1978 11 — 11 #5,808
1977 16 — 16 #4,373
1976 12 — 12 #5,125
1975 8 — 8 #6,920
1974 9 — 9 #6,131
1973 9 — 9 #5,957
1972 12 — 12 #4,758
1971 6 — 6 #8,052
1970 8 — 8 #6,299
1969 8 — 8 #5,920
1968 6 — 6 #6,991