# Shantell (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shantell/  
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 | 5,106 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 26 / 5,080 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 55, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 52 | 3,218 |
| 2007 | 31 | 4,790 |
| 2008 | 32 | 4,746 |
| 2009 | 21 | 6,517 |
| 2010 | 21 | 6,352 |
| 2011 | 26 | 5,337 |
| 2012 | 15 | 8,153 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,885 |
| 2014 | 7 | 14,338 |
| 2015 | 18 | 6,943 |
| 2016 | 11 | 10,010 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15,388 |
| 2019 | 5 | 17,618 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,267 |
| 2021 | 9 | 11,030 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1973 | 5 | 5,759 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,884 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,496 |
| 1982 | 5 | 7,203 |
| 1988 | 5 | 8,315 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 2,683 |
| 1997 | 6 | 2,411 |
| 1998 | 7 | 2,165 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,770 |
| 2000 | 5 | 2,746 |
| 2001 | 6 | 2,466 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2004 | 10 | 1,952 |
| 2005 | 7 | 2,682 |

## 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.