Shantel

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Shantel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Shantel: Recorded since 1996, it reached #512 in 2002, and it was last ranked in 2018.

2registrars recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#512highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2018

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1287
1998	#1392
1999	#1473
2000	#1313
2001	#1728
2002	#1245
2003	#1628
2004	#1312
2005	#1690
2007	#3218
2008	#4524
2009	#3422
2011	#5785
2012	#3681
2014	#4003
2015	#4736
2018	#5666

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 18 of the 23 years from 1996 to 2018.

In 2002: #512 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1245 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2018 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2006
Highest recorded position: #512 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2002 (recorded 2002–2006).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2018
Most recently recorded at #5666 among girls in England and Wales, in 2018.
England and Wales · Girls

Shantel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 18 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 174 births with the name.

Shantel across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Shantel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#1168 (1996)	#1168 (1996)	#5666 (2018)	18 of 23	174 (1996–2018)	17 (2004)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#512 (2002)	#512 (2002)	#635 (2006)	2 of 5	8 (2002–2006)	4 (2002)

Shantel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Shantel in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	55	4 of 10	14
2000sbusiest	98	9 of 10	11
2010s	21	5 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 11 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Shantel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #512 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Shantel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4003	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#5785	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#4524	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3218	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1690	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1312	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1628	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1245	16	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1728	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1392	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1287	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1168	16	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#635	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2018, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #512, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 17 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 6 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Shannon · #2, 53y
Shanon · #498, 13y
Shantelle · #343, 21y
Shanvi · #1743, 11y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Temitayo · #512, 24y
Guste · #510, 15y
Cherelle · #515, 17y
Miron · #509, 15y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Dorcas · #512, 25y
Saarah · #512, 29y
Temitayo · #512, 24y
Peace · #511, 27y

Shantel was ranked #512 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2002. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Shantel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Shantel without appearing here.

Shantel moved ahead of

Vicki Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1392 and #1319 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1473 and #1970.

Moved ahead of Shantel

Cecilie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #5556 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2636.
Finley Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4736 and #5730 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Blake Compare
In 2010 they stood at #3422 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2011 that had become #5785 and #2893.
Francis Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3681 and #4838 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #3178.

Moved the opposite way to Shantel

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Shantel went from #1168 to #5666 while Ada went from #2683 to #65.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Shantel went from #1168 to #5666 while Alma went from #2096 to #362.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Shantel went from #1168 to #5666 while Alyssa went from #783 to #229.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Shantel went from #1168 to #5666 while Amalie went from #2096 to #826.

Moved the same way as Shantel

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Shantel went from #1168 to #5666 and Abigail from #21 to #77.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Shantel went from #1168 to #5666 and Aimee from #70 to #587.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Shantel went from #1168 to #5666 and Aisling from #440 to #2340.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Shantel went from #1168 to #5666 and Alex from #161 to #1586.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2018. Highest recorded position: #512 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Shantel

Shantel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Shantel across 2 official records

Shantel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shantel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Shantel and the names beside it

Shantel moved ahead of

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Shantel at a glance

Shantel across 2 official records

Shantel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Shantel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Shantel

Shantel and the names beside it

Shantel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Shantel

Moved the opposite way to Shantel

Moved the same way as Shantel