Shanteria
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shan-TEER-ee-a
- Origin
- Modern
Shanteria is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shanteria come from?
Modern: modern American coinage, Shan- + Teria
Is Shanteria a girl's or a boy's name?
Shanteria is a girls' name.
How popular is Shanteria in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Shanteria in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shanteria in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 28 | #4,020 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,158 |
| 1996 | 41 | #2,896 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 41 | #2,872 |
| 1993 | 42 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 38 | #3,031 |
| 1991 | 51 | #2,443 |
| 1990 | 43 | #2,690 |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 42 | #2,534 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,093 |
Names like Shanteria
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Samantha, Sophia, Olivia, Sierra, Kayla, Sasha, Victoria, Sarah, Kiana, Yesenia, Sara, Alexandria
Names related to Shanteria
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Shanteria: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shanteria, updated 20 October 2026.