Shant
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHANT
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Shant is a boys' name, meaning “lightning”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Shant mean?
Armenian shant 'lightning'
“lightning”
Armenian name from shant, meaning lightning.
Is Shant a girl's or a boy's name?
Shant is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shant in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Shant, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the boys named Shant in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shant in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 14 | #6,056 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,332 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 25 | #3,632 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 22 | #3,634 |
| 1999 | 30 | #2,791 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 15 | #4,241 |
| 1996 | 20 | #3,400 |
| 1995 | 31 | #2,439 |
| 1994 | 22 | #3,103 |
| 1993 | 31 | #2,393 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 33 | #2,184 |
| 1990 | 16 | #3,601 |
| 1989 | 28 | #2,353 |
| 1988 | 20 | #2,760 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 23 | #2,358 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,225 |
| 1984 | 15 | #2,955 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 15 | #2,896 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
Names like Shant
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shiv Dhruv Ravi Avi Krish Rishi Aj Siddharth Veer Ansh Viraj Aarav
Names related to Shant
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shant: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shant, updated 20 October 2026.