How rare is the name Shante?

5,003 people in the United States have the first name Shante, about 1 in 60,370. It ranks #3,906 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

SHANTE

#3,906

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,003
About
1 in 60,370
This common or more
83.2%
Who bears it

Of the 5,003 people named Shante, 82.3% reported their origin as Black, 6% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% as two or more races. 96.7% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Shante peaked in 1990, when 375 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19642023
Peak year
1990
Births that year
375
In 2023
9 ▼98%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 6,030 babies have been given the name since 1964. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Shante by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #1,212. The largest share of babies named Shante, 65.6%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#7,30880
1970s#1,7821,198
1980s#1,2122,657
1990s#1,9051,687
2000s#6,880347
2010s#23,86952
2020s#35,0059
Baby boom 1946–640.1%
Generation X 1965–8024.6%
Millennials 1981–9665.6%
Generation Z 1997–129.2%
2013 and later0.6%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Shante is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Shante has been most common in District of Columbia (3.7×), Maryland (2.8×), and New Jersey (2.8×), and least common in Tennessee (0.33×).

4,231 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Shante

1 other first name also has 5,003 people.

#3,906 Tawana · 5,003

Either side of Shante

#3,904 Maynard · 5,005#3,905 Antionette · 5,004#3,906 Tawana · 5,003#3,908 Lianna · 5,002

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shante, most common first.

#4,039 Shanta · 4,799#5,444 Shanti · 3,160#9,286 Shaunte · 1,507#9,469 Shantae · 1,465#11,046 Shawnte · 1,178#11,629 Shant · 1,096#13,149 Shonte · 926#22,398 Shantee · 445

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