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Shantel

Gender
Girl
Say it
shan-TEL
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#5,990 for girls
US rank, 2025
#10,913 for girls

Shantel is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “stony place”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).

What does Shantel mean?

French: spelling of Chantal

“stony place”

Chantal honours Saint Jeanne de Chantal, who co-founded the Visitation order in 17th-century France.

Is Shantel a girl's or a boy's name?

Shantel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Shantel in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,990among girls
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 93,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Shantel, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 18 girls.

2025 had more girls named Shantel than any year since 2018.

Half of all the girls named Shantel in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2005. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 18 in 19962025
Shantel in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20253#5,990
20240–
20230–
20220–
20211#7,491
20200–
20190–
20183#5,896
20170–
20160–
20155#4,294
20145#4,187
20130–
20126#3,881
20113#6,007
20100–
20096#3,603
20084#4,742
20076#3,396
20061#6,685
200514#1,692
200418#1,342
200314#1,564
200218#1,225
200110#1,832
200014#1,415
199913#1,493
199817#1,238
199718#1,164
199618#1,122

How popular is Shantel in the US?

Rank in 2025
#10,913among girls
Babies in 2025
8about 1 in 200,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 42% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Shantel, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 486 girls. It first appears in the records in 1963.

Half of all the girls named Shantel in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.

1963Busiest: 486 in 19902025
Shantel in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258#10,913
20248#11,117
202312#8,481
202210#9,674
20219#10,287
202014#7,554
201919#6,172
201815#7,405
201723#5,515
201628#4,849
201519#6,450
201420#6,205
201327#5,011
201229#4,834
201137#3,998
201054#3,074
200967#2,704
200853#3,157
200769#2,647
200683#2,287
200586#2,139
200484#2,133
2003129#1,508
2002131#1,455
2001113#1,619
2000161#1,229
1999173#1,131
1998206#980
1997237#861
1996398#577
1995337#642
1994358#618
1993402#584
1992439#537
1991439#531
1990486#498
1989457#512
1988404#539
1987419#506
1986359#559
1985342#571
1984302#595
1983245#692
1982255#686
1981224#735
1980219#757
1979251#682
1978214#731
1977207#740
1976202#723
1975189#754
1974192#741
1973196#725
1972201#712
1971169#822
1970118#1,042
1969107#1,059
196899#1,056
196729#2,212
196628#2,248
196518#2,937
196420#2,824
196311#4,018

Names like Shantel

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Anya Jasmine Priya Amber Erin Molly Sarah Sasha Simran Shreya Jessica Rachel

Names related to Shantel

Shantelle Shantell Shantal Shawntel Shauntel Shontel

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Shantel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shantel, updated 20 October 2026.