How Many People Are Named Shanta?
people named Shanta are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 68,057 people in the US has this name
Based on 5,254 babies named Shanta in Social Security records from 1958 to 2014, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
378 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "pacified, calm" in Sanskrit. In the Hindu epic the 'Ramayana' this is the name of a daughter of King Dasharatha.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shanta, 97.4% were girls and 2.6% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shanta alive today is about 44 years old, and 93% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 38 and 49 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shanta first appears in the records in 1958 and was given most often in 1978, to 378 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2014.
Babies given the name each year, 1958 to 2014
🏆 Rank History
Shanta has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #518, in 1978.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #518 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #827 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shanta alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shanta were born in Texas than in any other state: about 346 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shanta was given 5.5 times as often in Mississippi, 3.8 times in South Carolina and 3.4 times in Georgia.
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