Shantay is a rare variant of Shanda that was most common in the 1980s and has all but disappeared.
Shantay is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2011. Shantay was first reported in SSA data in 1961 and peaked in 1987 (72 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | #19,133 |
| 2008 | 5 | 5 | #20,010 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | #13,734 |
| 2006 | 9 | 9 | #12,271 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10 | #10,799 |
| 2004 | 10 | 10 | #10,562 |
| 2003 | 18 | 18 | #6,534 |
| 2002 | 8 | 8 | #12,013 |
| 2001 | 13 | 13 | #8,116 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #8,462 |
| 1999 | 12 | 12 | #8,146 |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | #7,045 |
| 1997 | 14 | — | #6,781 |
| 1996 | 23 | — | #4,561 |
| 1995 | 10 | — | #8,639 |
| 1994 | 28 | — | #3,878 |
| 1993 | 27 | — | #3,973 |
| 1992 | 36 | — | #3,201 |
| 1991 | 48 | — | #2,585 |
| 1990 | 35 | — | #3,214 |
| 1989 | 45 | — | #2,566 |
| 1988 | 54 | — | #2,149 |
| 1987 | 72 | — | #1,696 |
| 1986 | 51 | — | #2,106 |
| 1985 | 60 | — | #1,877 |
| 1984 | 41 | — | #2,372 |
| 1983 | 55 | — | #1,902 |
| 1982 | 48 | — | #2,144 |
| 1981 | 45 | — | #2,255 |
| 1980 | 57 | — | #1,902 |
| 1979 | 45 | — | #2,211 |
| 1978 | 68 | — | #1,593 |
| 1977 | 47 | — | #2,056 |
| 1976 | 31 | — | #2,594 |
| 1975 | 32 | — | #2,501 |
| 1974 | 28 | — | #2,671 |
| 1973 | 19 | — | #3,449 |
| 1972 | 31 | — | #2,386 |
| 1971 | 14 | — | #4,272 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | #5,006 |
| 1969 | 14 | — | #3,930 |
| 1968 | 8 | — | #5,552 |
| 1967 | 14 | — | #3,617 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #6,438 |
| 1965 | 8 | — | #5,216 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #7,448 |
| 1962 | 6 | — | #6,449 |
| 1961 | 11 | — | #4,193 |