girl's name

Shantell

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Births on record 5,193

Shantell is a girl's name. In 2021 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1987, when 196 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1963.

Shantell over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2021, not a full ten years.

1,699
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Shantell by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 185
1970s 1,295
1980s 1,699
1990s 1,335
2000s 457
2010s 119
2020s (to 2021) 16

How popular is Shantell?

In 2021, Shantell was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shantell is used

Canada #2,887 5 in 1996
England & Wales #2,916 7 in 2005
United States #10,961 9 in 2021

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shantell

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

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Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shantell over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shantell

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shantell — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shantell

How popular is the name Shantell?

In 2021, Shantell was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Shantell a girl's or a boy's name?

Shantell is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shantell most popular?

Shantell peaked in 1987, when 196 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.