Shanta
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAHN-ta
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Shanta is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “calm; peaceful”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shanta mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit word; in the US also an independent coinage
“calm; peaceful”
In some tellings of the Ramayana, Shanta is the elder sister of Rama.
Is Shanta a girl's or a boy's name?
Shanta is a girls' name.
How popular is Shanta in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1978, with 360 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the girls named Shanta in the US since 1880 were born between 1976 and 1987, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shanta in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,486 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 35 | #3,423 |
| 1997 | 31 | #3,623 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,088 |
| 1995 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 1994 | 60 | #2,204 |
| 1993 | 85 | #1,737 |
| 1992 | 89 | #1,684 |
| 1991 | 93 | #1,613 |
| 1990 | 132 | #1,243 |
| 1989 | 153 | #1,088 |
| 1988 | 147 | #1,072 |
| 1987 | 193 | #878 |
| 1986 | 205 | #820 |
| 1985 | 237 | #726 |
| 1984 | 194 | #816 |
| 1983 | 175 | #869 |
| 1982 | 203 | #794 |
| 1981 | 255 | #679 |
| 1980 | 264 | #668 |
| 1979 | 312 | #584 |
| 1978 | 360 | #517 |
| 1977 | 301 | #577 |
| 1976 | 163 | #840 |
| 1975 | 167 | #818 |
| 1974 | 177 | #779 |
| 1973 | 135 | #911 |
| 1972 | 134 | #919 |
| 1971 | 136 | #944 |
| 1970 | 100 | #1,154 |
| 1969 | 72 | #1,338 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,708 |
| 1967 | 44 | #1,732 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,916 |
| 1965 | 32 | #2,064 |
| 1964 | 13 | #3,691 |
| 1963 | 16 | #3,175 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 13 | #3,607 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
Names like Shanta
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krisha Priya Radhika Kridha Dhara Vibha Sasha Shreya Viha Srinika Asha Aviva
Names related to Shanta
More Sanskrit names
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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, “Shanta: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shanta, updated 20 October 2026.