girls:
1.6k births since 1969
#4172 (27th percentile)
boys:
6 births since 1978
#4580 (0th percentile)
overall:
1.6k births since 1969
#6157 (20th percentile)
The name Shantae is the #6,157 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,589 recorded births since 1969. This represents the 20.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 20.4% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,172 (27.0% percentile) for all time with 1,583 births since 1969. For boys, it ranks #4,580 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 6 births since 1978.
Shantae first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1969 (1969 for girls and 1978 for boys). Birth data for Shantae is available in 43 out of the 51 years between 1969 and 2019 (43 years for girls and 1 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Shantae has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 99.6% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shantae reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 10.1% percentile (ranked #732) with 47 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 47 births per million (ranked 10.1% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2019.
For boys, Shantae reached its peak popularity in 1978, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #675) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1978, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1978.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shantae".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Shantae", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 46 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Shante" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Shante..
Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Shantae. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 42.1% confident that Shantae is pronounced as shahn-TAY, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is shan-TAY, at 21.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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