Quick answers about Shante
How many people are named Shante?
An estimated 5,548 living Americans are named Shante.
How rare is Shante?
Shante fell below the SSA's 5-birth reporting floor in 2025. It is extremely rare as a new baby name.
How old is the typical Shante?
The median age of a living American named Shante is approximately 39 years, with most bearers falling between 34 and 45 years old.
Is Shante still popular?
Not especially. Shante has been declining since its 1990 peak and registered 0 births in 2025.
Where is Shante most common?
Shante has its strongest geographic signal in New Jersey, where it appears 3.3× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Shante is most concentrated in New Jersey — about 3.3× the national rate in the 1980s. It also runs high in Virginia and South Carolina.
States where Shante is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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