Holding steady.
Popularity of Shantaya since 1977
Babies named Shantaya per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 12 |
| 1980s | 68 |
| 1990s | 48 |
| 2000s | 12 |
| 2010s | 0 |
| 2020s | 0 |
Meaning & origin
Shantaya is a modern invented name that appeared in U.S. birth records starting in 1977. It never reached the national top 1,000, though its highest recorded frequency came in 1989. The name has remained stable in usage but extremely rare, with fewer than 1 in 1,000,000 babies given the name in recent years. It reflects a late-20th-century trend of creating melodic feminine names by blending syllables from popular names, such as Shan- and -taya. Given its rarity, Shantaya has no strong association with any particular U.S. state or region.
Shantaya is a modern invented name that first appeared in U.S. records in 1977. It likely combines the popular prefix Shan- (from names like Shannon or Shana) with the suffix -taya (as in Taya), a fashionable pattern in the late 20th century. The name saw modest use during the 1980s and 1990s.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Shan, Taya, Shanny
Sibling names for Shantaya
Names that share Shantaya's style, for a brother or sister.
