Given name
Shante
“one who is poised”
Shante is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “one who is poised.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one who is poised.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1964. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shante through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6,030
- 216 boys · 5,814 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 375 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 9 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 368 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,003 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shante’s family of names
Shante has a related form in Shanti. Shante has a related form in Shantae. Shante has a related form in Shantay.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Shante
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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