Shanta
Quick answers about Shanta
How many people are named Shanta?
Based on SSA birth records through 2014, an estimated 4,779 Americans born with the name Shanta may still be living. No new bearers have been recorded since 2014.
How rare is Shanta?
Shanta has not appeared in SSA records since 2014. It is effectively extinct as a new baby name — no girls received it in the latest available data.
How old is the typical Shanta?
The median age of a living American named Shanta is approximately 45 years, with most bearers falling between 39 and 49 years old.
Is Shanta still popular?
No. Shanta is extinct in new births; the SSA last recorded it in 2014.
Where is Shanta most common?
Shanta has its strongest geographic signal in Mississippi, where it appears 5.9× more often than the national baseline.
Shanta is most concentrated in Mississippi — about 4.8× the national rate in the 1980s. It also runs high in South Carolina.
States where Shanta is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.