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Girl name

Shantay

100% girls · last recorded 2011

Shantay has been given to about 1,271 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1987, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

Meaning
Origin
Syllables2
Pronunciation
Nicknames
Living in the US≈ 1,230
Median age today42 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Shantay per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & Waleseach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1987 · 72
  • Born in 20250
  • All time1,271

How popular is Shantay?

Its best year was 1987, when 72 babies were given the name, ranking 1696th. The typical living American called Shantay is about 42 years old today.

Names that sound like Shantay

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Shanta0.79
  2. Shana0.69
  3. Shanna0.69
  4. Shanda0.69
  5. Shannan0.69
  6. Santa0.69
  7. Shasta0.69
  8. Janay0.68

Middle names for Shantay

Ranked by flow score
  1. Shantay Eve0.80
  2. Shantay Elizabeth0.78
  3. Shantay Josephine0.78
  4. Shantay Anne0.78
  5. Shantay Rose0.77
  6. Shantay Louise0.77

Sibling names for Shantay

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Meredithsister · 0.72
  2. Laceysister · 0.72
  3. Coreybrother · 0.69
  4. Bethanysister · 0.69
  5. Dustinbrother · 0.69
  6. Jaimeeither · 0.69

Where Shantay is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Shantay Anderson0.74
    2. Shantay White0.72
    3. Shantay Reyes0.72
    4. Shantay Nguyen0.72
    5. Shantay Moore0.72
    6. Shantay Lee0.72

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Shantay

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.