girl's name

Shanty

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 253

Shanty is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2018 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 2015, when 28 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1978.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Shanty over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2018, not a full ten years.

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'70 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Shanty by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 5
1990s 5
2000s 73
2010s (to 2018) 110

How popular is Shanty?

In 2018, Shanty was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shanty is used

France #7,402 5 in 2019
United States #13,405 7 in 2018

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 Shanty

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

Parents who like Shanty also like

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

Sibling names for Shanty

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

Common questions about Shanty

How popular is the name Shanty?

In 2018, Shanty was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Shanty is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Shanty?

Shanty has 2 syllables.

When was Shanty most popular?

Shanty peaked in 2015, when 28 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.