# Shante (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shante/  
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 | 6,030 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 216 / 5,814 (96% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 116, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 53 | 2,919 |
| 2004 | 31 | 4,474 |
| 2005 | 24 | 5,409 |
| 2006 | 25 | 5,527 |
| 2007 | 16 | 8,035 |
| 2008 | 22 | 6,322 |
| 2009 | 24 | 5,863 |
| 2010 | 11 | 10,364 |
| 2011 | 10 | 11,076 |
| 2012 | 6 | 16,549 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,884 |
| 2014 | 5 | 18,821 |
| 2017 | 5 | 18,069 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,617 |
| 2023 | 9 | 11,047 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 14 | 3,226 |
| 1981 | 8 | 4,891 |
| 1982 | 14 | 3,260 |
| 1983 | 10 | 4,099 |
| 1984 | 9 | 4,495 |
| 1985 | 13 | 3,569 |
| 1986 | 8 | 5,255 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,815 |
| 1988 | 12 | 4,125 |
| 1989 | 7 | 6,826 |
| 1990 | 7 | 7,059 |
| 1992 | 5 | 9,589 |
| 1993 | 6 | 8,539 |
| 1994 | 6 | 8,638 |
| 2001 | 6 | 10,351 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 4 | 3,142 |
| 1999 | 6 | 2,444 |
| 2000 | 6 | 2,416 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,783 |
| 2002 | 12 | 1,530 |
| 2003 | 4 | 3,594 |
| 2004 | 15 | 1,459 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2006 | 12 | 1,862 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 13 | 1,914 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

## People named Shante

- Shante Evans, American-Slovenian basketball player

## 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.