Baby name

Shanta

Girl

Short-lived name

The high point came in 1978, with 360 births and the No. 517 spot that year. Since then, the name has fallen 99%, to about 0 births a year. No births recorded in 2025: the name is no longer given, or too rarely to be published. 40% of all babies named Shanta since 1880 were born in the 1980s.

5,112births since 1880

1970sgeneration

No. 517rank at its peak, in 1978

Where babies named Shanta are born

1978

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The darker the blue, the more common Shanta is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Shanta is most common in Mississippi (5.5 times), Georgia (3.3) and North Carolina (2.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Shana 29,635
Shanna 28,284
Shania 15,814
Shanda 7,997
Shante 5,814
Santa 4,370

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