Shantal
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shan-TAHL
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #7,489 for girls
Shantal is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “stony place”. In 2025 it ranked 7,489th for girls in the US (14 babies).
What does Shantal mean?
French: phonetic spelling of Chantal
“stony place”
A phonetic spelling of Chantal, first given in honour of Saint Jane Frances de Chantal, a 17th-century French nun.
Is Shantal a girl's or a boy's name?
Shantal is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shantal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,489among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 110,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the US were named Shantal, making it the 7,489th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,483rd. Its busiest year was 1990, with 70 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had fewer girls named Shantal than any year since 1981.
Half of all the girls named Shantal in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shantal in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,489 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 16 | #6,979 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5,483 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 19 | #6,398 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 33 | #4,348 |
| 2013 | 27 | #5,011 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 33 | #4,396 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 47 | #3,477 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 46 | #3,468 |
| 2005 | 54 | #2,965 |
| 2004 | 44 | #3,387 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 40 | #3,364 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 43 | #3,045 |
| 1998 | 36 | #3,350 |
| 1997 | 40 | #2,974 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,554 |
| 1995 | 60 | #2,211 |
| 1994 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1993 | 63 | #2,122 |
| 1992 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1991 | 59 | #2,209 |
| 1990 | 70 | #1,948 |
| 1989 | 55 | #2,189 |
| 1988 | 28 | #3,388 |
| 1987 | 44 | #2,358 |
| 1986 | 32 | #2,902 |
| 1985 | 26 | #3,327 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,232 |
| 1983 | 27 | #3,064 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,171 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 6 | #7,386 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
Names like Shantal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Priya Anya Sasha Shreya Sanvi Prisha Avani Krisha Anika Anvi Isha
Names related to Shantal
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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, “Shantal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shantal, updated 20 October 2026.