Shantal Girl
How popular is Shantal?
#7,489 girl name in 2025
14 baby girls were named Shantal in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
Shantal popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #7,489 for girls (▼ 850 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 14 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #6,234 in 2015, #5,483 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1990 (70 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,948 in 1990 |
| First recorded | 1968 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Shantal counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Shantal family of names ranked #3,706 for girls in 2025 (#3,455 the year before), with 22 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Shantal | 14 | 64% |
| Shantel | 8 | 36% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Shantal is most popular
Babies named Shantal per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (12 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (8 girls)
Shantal by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 14 | #5,455 |
| 1970s | 102 | #4,234 |
| 1980s | 296 | #2,189 |
| 1990s | 509 | #1,948 |
| 2000s | 409 | #2,965 |
| 2010s | 244 | #4,348 |
| 2020s | 111 | #5,394 |
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Questions
- Is Shantal a boy or girl name?
- Shantal is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Shantal were girls.
- How popular is the name Shantal?
- 14 baby girls were named Shantal in the US in 2025, making it the 7489th most popular girl name.
- When was Shantal most popular?
- Shantal peaked in 1990, when 70 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,948 in 1990.
- How many people are named Shantal?
- 1,685 babies have been named Shantal in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,657 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 28.
- Where is Shantal most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Shantal was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.