Given name

Shantia

“one who is calm”

Shantia is a variant of Shanta. One Hindi interpretation is “one who is calm.”

Meaning & origin

What it means

Shantia is a variant of Shanta. One Hindi interpretation is “one who is calm.”

Explained through its name family

Where it comes from

Shantia is a variant of Shanta. An origin associated with Shanta is Sanskrit.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Shantia through the years

Babies since 1880
1,088
0 boys · 1,088 girls
Most popular year
1989
64 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
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Shantia in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1972–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 2011. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 64 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 865 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.

Shantia’s family of names

Shantia has a related form in Shanta.

Walk Shantia’s family in the name graph

ShantiaShantyaShantiahShantaShanntia

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 2

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Spellings & scripts 2

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Similar names

If you love Shantia, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

Modern

Shania

Shania is a feminine given name.

35RareEasing

>99% girls

 

Shaina

“beautiful” · “a beautiful woman”

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>99% girls

Hebrew

Shayna

“beautiful” · “a beautiful woman”

36RareEasing

>99% girls

Royal

Tania

“queen of the fairies”

39RareEasing

>99% girls

English

Asia

“resurrection”

37RareCooling

>99% girls

Greek · Nature

Adria

“man from Hadria” · “a man from Hadria”

33RareSteady

>99% girls

Germanic languages

Alisha

Alisha is a feminine given name from Germanic.

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>99% girls

Literary

Silvia

“a woodland dweller”

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>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Shantia’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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