Shantia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- shan-TEE-a
- Origin
- Modern
Shantia is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Shantia come from?
Modern: modern American coinage, Shan- + Tia
Is Shantia a girl's or a boy's name?
Shantia is a girls' name.
How popular is Shantia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 64 girls. It first appears in the records in 1972.
Half of all the girls named Shantia in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 1995, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shantia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 23 | #5,230 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 15 | #6,951 |
| 2000 | 22 | #5,146 |
| 1999 | 23 | #4,713 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 42 | #2,845 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 48 | #2,580 |
| 1993 | 43 | #2,763 |
| 1992 | 51 | #2,483 |
| 1991 | 50 | #2,478 |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,169 |
| 1989 | 64 | #1,976 |
| 1988 | 48 | #2,290 |
| 1987 | 35 | #2,778 |
| 1986 | 62 | #1,815 |
| 1985 | 51 | #2,081 |
| 1984 | 30 | #2,914 |
| 1983 | 36 | #2,515 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,581 |
| 1981 | 31 | #2,847 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
Names like Shantia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sasha, Anika, Aisha, Priya, Radhika, Aviva, Anya, Samantha, Shira, Asha, Ashanti, Shreya
Names related to Shantia
Shanti, Santa, Shante, Shanta, Sintia, Shantae, Shanty, Shanita
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, “Shantia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shantia, updated 20 October 2026.