# Shanta (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shanta/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,254 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 142 / 5,112 (97% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 35 | 3,483 |
| 1999 | 30 | 3,951 |
| 2000 | 20 | 5,666 |
| 2001 | 16 | 6,917 |
| 2002 | 16 | 6,996 |
| 2003 | 15 | 7,524 |
| 2004 | 17 | 7,035 |
| 2005 | 12 | 9,364 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16,792 |
| 2007 | 9 | 12,508 |
| 2008 | 11 | 10,684 |
| 2009 | 7 | 14,995 |
| 2010 | 7 | 14,728 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,611 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,820 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | 6 | 4,902 |
| 1973 | 7 | 4,432 |
| 1974 | 9 | 3,784 |
| 1975 | 7 | 4,712 |
| 1976 | 9 | 3,958 |
| 1977 | 15 | 2,889 |
| 1978 | 18 | 2,554 |
| 1979 | 11 | 3,774 |
| 1980 | 10 | 4,084 |
| 1981 | 10 | 4,105 |
| 1982 | 7 | 5,531 |
| 1983 | 6 | 6,101 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6,407 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,653 |
| 1989 | 6 | 7,755 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 3 | 3,824 |

## People named Shanta

- Kizzmekia Corbett, American immunologist (1986-)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.