Shanta
Shanta is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Shanta Apte (1916–1964), Indian singer and actress Shanta Gandhi (1917–2002), Indian theatre director Shanta Gokhale, Indian writer Shanta Kumar, Indian politician Shanta Pathak (1927–2010), British businesswoman Shanta Rao (1930–2007), Indian dancer Shanta Shelke (1922–2002), Indian poet
- Hinduism
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Nepali
Meaning & Origin of Shanta
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Shanta is a given name. Notable people with the name include:Shanta Apte (1916–1964), Indian singer and actress Shanta Gandhi (1917–2002), Indian theatre director Shanta Gokhale, Indian writer Shanta Kumar, Indian politician Shanta Pathak (1927–2010), British businesswoman Shanta Rao (1930–2007), Indian dancer Shanta Shelke (1922–2002), Indian poet
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hinduism
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Nepali
The Story of Shanta
American parents first put Shanta on the record books as a baby girl name in 1958, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1978, when 360 Shantas were born — ranking #517 that year. About 40% of every Shanta on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Shanta last appeared in the published SSA data in 2014, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 5K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Shanta
Shanta is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1958 and has accumulated 5K births in the dataset. Shanta's peak popularity came in 1978 when it ranked #517. Use the chart and map above to compare Shanta's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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