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.

Shantay

#6,023 most common girls' name of all time · #10,163 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1961–2011

Rank among girls
#6,023
Rank overall
#10,163 of 105,966
First appeared
1961
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
1,271
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1987 #1,693
Best rank
#1,593 1978
Girls Boys peak 72/yr
19802000

Shantay first appears in 1961. 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
2011 5 — 5 #17,215
2008 5 — 5 #17,931
2007 8 — 8 #12,900
2006 9 — 9 #11,615
2005 10 — 10 #10,306
2004 10 — 10 #10,074
2003 18 — 18 #6,384
2002 8 — 8 #11,322
2001 13 — 13 #7,849
2000 12 — 12 #8,169
1999 12 — 12 #7,869
1998 14 — 14 #6,834
1997 14 — 14 #6,607
1996 23 — 23 #4,502
1995 10 — 10 #8,286
1994 28 — 28 #3,829
1993 27 — 27 #3,934
1992 36 — 36 #3,176
1991 48 — 48 #2,571
1990 35 — 35 #3,195
1989 45 — 45 #2,547
1988 54 — 54 #2,147
1987 72 — 72 #1,693
1986 51 — 51 #2,104
1985 60 — 60 #1,872
1984 41 — 41 #2,369
1983 55 — 55 #1,902
1982 48 — 48 #2,135
1981 45 — 45 #2,251
1980 57 — 57 #1,901
1979 45 — 45 #2,205
1978 68 — 68 #1,593
1977 47 — 47 #2,053
1976 31 — 31 #2,585
1975 32 — 32 #2,503
1974 28 — 28 #2,662
1973 19 — 19 #3,445
1972 31 — 31 #2,386
1971 14 — 14 #4,258
1970 11 — 11 #4,977
1969 14 — 14 #3,916
1968 8 — 8 #5,517
1967 14 — 14 #3,643
1966 6 — 6 #6,401
1965 8 — 8 #5,235
1963 5 — 5 #7,433
1962 6 — 6 #6,484
1961 11 — 11 #4,237