Quick answers about Shant
How many people are named Shant?
An estimated 799 living Americans are named Shant.
How rare is Shant?
Shant is very rare among babies today, with 6 boys receiving the name in 2025, down 81.8% from its 1991 peak.
How old is the typical Shant?
The median age of a living American named Shant is approximately 30 years, with most bearers falling between 21 and 39 years old.
Is Shant still popular?
Not especially. Shant has been declining since its 1991 peak and registered 6 births in 2025.
Where is Shant most common?
Shant has its strongest geographic signal in California, where it appears 6.1× more often than the national baseline.
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Where it lives now
Shant is most concentrated in California — about 6.1× the national rate in the 2000s.
States where Shant is given more often than the national average — its present-day heartland.
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