Shanti
Shanti was the 9373rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 1880th; the most babies were born in 2003 (77). Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,977 places. More babies were named Shanti in the 1970s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #9,373 girls, up 788 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 11girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 200377 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,025babies recorded
Shanti popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 140 since 1970.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #9,373 | 11 |
| 2020 | #10,161 | 10 |
| 2010 | #4,099 | 37 |
| 2000 | #5,287 | 22 |
| 1990 | #4,664 | 21 |
| 1980 | #1,880 | 58 |
| 1970 | #2,388 | 32 |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Shanti, counting every spelling?
Shanti has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Shanti?
11 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Shanti (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Shanti born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 750 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Shanti.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Shanti?
About 1,800 people born in the US named Shanti are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 19 and 46. That makes Shanti mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Shanti: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Shanti, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Shanti
How popular is the name Shanti?
Shanti was the 9373rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 11 babies. Its best year was 1980, when it ranked 1880th; the most babies were born in 2003 (77). Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,977 places. More babies were named Shanti in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Shanti a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Shanti in the US.