Shantel

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A few things about Shantel you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Shantel

Shantel VanSanten

American actress and model

Choose Shantel and your child shares a first name with Shantel VanSanten, an American actress and model. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Shantel, like who?” Shantel VanSanten's Wikipedia article is available in 30 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Super Festivals from Ft. Lauderdale, USA, CC BY 2.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 200,000 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Shantel, 8 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Shantel would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryShantel first shows up in US birth records in 1963, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 62 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1990, when it ranked #499. Today it's #10,917, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowShantel was 18× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 11,274 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 200,000.
• 🍂TrendShantel has slipped 3,358 places over the last five years and now sits at #10,917. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.

About the name Shantel

Shantel is a girl name of American and French origin. It has 7 letters and 2 syllables, starting with S and ending in “-tel”. US birth records list Shantel for girls from 1963 to 2025, in 63 of those 63 years. Its best year was 1990, when it ranked #499 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #10,917, with 8 babies.

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