How Many People Are Named Shanty?
people named Shanty are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,789,449 people in the US has this name
Based on 193 babies named Shanty in Social Security records from 1978 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
28 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Shanty in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shanty alive today is about 16 years old, and 95% are under 30. Half of them were between 10 and 20 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shanty first appears in the records in 1978 and was given most often in 2015, to 28 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1978 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Shanty has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,966, in 2015.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,966 (2015) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,595 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shanty alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shanty were born in California than in any other state: about 7 of those alive today.
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