How Many People Are Named Shantay?
people named Shantay are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 279,464 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,271 babies named Shantay in Social Security records from 1961 to 2011, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
72 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shantay in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shantay alive today is about 40 years old, and 85% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 35 and 47 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shantay first appears in the records in 1961 and was given most often in 1987, to 72 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2011.
Babies given the name each year, 1961 to 2011
🏆 Rank History
Shantay has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,593, in 1978.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,593 (1978) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,069 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shantay alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shantay were born in New York than in any other state: about 97 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shantay was given about 5.5 times as often in New York.
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