Shanta is an uncommon girls' name that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Shanta is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2014. Shanta was first reported in SSA data in 1958 and peaked in 1978 (360 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #18,820 | — |
| 2011 | 7 | 7 | #14,611 | — |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | #14,728 | — |
| 2009 | 7 | 7 | #14,995 | — |
| 2008 | 11 | 11 | #10,684 | — |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | #12,508 | — |
| 2006 | 6 | 6 | #16,792 | — |
| 2005 | 12 | 12 | #9,364 | — |
| 2004 | 17 | 17 | #7,035 | — |
| 2003 | 15 | 15 | #7,524 | — |
| 2002 | 16 | 16 | #6,996 | — |
| 2001 | 16 | 16 | #6,917 | — |
| 2000 | 20 | 20 | #5,666 | — |
| 1999 | 30 | 30 | #3,951 | — |
| 1998 | 35 | 35 | #3,483 | — |
| 1997 | 31 | — | #3,696 | — |
| 1996 | 38 | — | #3,136 | — |
| 1995 | 53 | — | #2,451 | — |
| 1994 | 60 | — | #2,228 | — |
| 1993 | 85 | — | #1,751 | — |
| 1992 | 89 | — | #1,700 | — |
| 1991 | 93 | — | #1,625 | — |
| 1990 | 132 | — | #1,252 | — |
| 1989 | 159 | — | #1,099 | #7,755 |
| 1988 | 147 | — | #1,076 | — |
| 1987 | 193 | — | #881 | — |
| 1986 | 210 | — | #822 | #7,653 |
| 1985 | 243 | — | #730 | #6,407 |
| 1984 | 194 | — | #816 | — |
| 1983 | 181 | — | #871 | #6,101 |
| 1982 | 210 | — | #798 | #5,531 |
| 1981 | 265 | — | #684 | #4,105 |
| 1980 | 274 | — | #670 | #4,084 |
| 1979 | 323 | — | #585 | #3,774 |
| 1978 | 378 | — | #518 | #2,554 |
| 1977 | 316 | — | #577 | #2,889 |
| 1976 | 172 | — | #842 | #3,958 |
| 1975 | 174 | — | #820 | #4,712 |
| 1974 | 186 | — | #780 | #3,784 |
| 1973 | 142 | — | #915 | #4,432 |
| 1972 | 140 | — | #921 | #4,902 |
| 1971 | 146 | — | #946 | #3,328 |
| 1970 | 100 | — | #1,164 | — |
| 1969 | 72 | — | #1,350 | — |
| 1968 | 47 | — | #1,725 | — |
| 1967 | 44 | — | #1,746 | — |
| 1966 | 36 | — | #1,946 | — |
| 1965 | 32 | — | #2,108 | — |
| 1964 | 13 | — | #3,848 | — |
| 1963 | 16 | — | #3,306 | — |
| 1962 | 16 | — | #3,273 | — |
| 1961 | 13 | — | #3,762 | — |
| 1960 | 13 | — | #3,656 | — |
| 1958 | 5 | — | #6,858 | — |