Shanti
- #8,860 for girls in 2025, 11 births
- Last seen for boys in 1992 at #8,435
- Given to girls 93.1% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1972 · 45 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,885since 1966
Shanti over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,860 | 11 | — | |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #7,250 | 15 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | — | |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | — | |
| 2018 | #7,100 | 16 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,191 | 25 | — | |
| 2016 | #4,157 | 35 | — | |
| 2015 | #4,295 | 33 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,644 | 43 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,916 | 38 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,023 | 37 | — | |
| 2009 | #4,107 | 37 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,584 | 45 | — | |
| 2007 | #3,168 | 54 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,136 | 53 | — | |
| 2005 | #3,170 | 49 | — | |
| 2004 | #3,071 | 50 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,229 | 77 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,527 | 62 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,151 | 22 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,718 | 23 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 | — | |
| 1997 | #5,626 | 17 | — | |
| 1996 | #4,883 | 20 | — | |
| 1995 | #3,878 | 27 | — | |
| 1994 | #4,115 | 25 | — | |
| 1993 | #4,826 | 20 | — | |
| 1992 | #2,974 | 39 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | — | |
| 1989 | #3,330 | 31 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,172 | 21 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,780 | 35 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,135 | 29 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 | — | |
| 1984 | #2,781 | 32 | #4,215 | 9 |
| 1983 | #2,721 | 32 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,532 | 37 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #2,375 | 41 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #1,863 | 58 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #1,952 | 53 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 47 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #1,976 | 49 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #2,334 | 35 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #1,935 | 46 | #2,902 | 13 |
| 1974 | #1,881 | 46 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #1,885 | 44 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #1,856 | 45 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #1,937 | 44 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #2,354 | 32 | #4,724 | 5 |
| 1969 | #3,958 | 13 | — | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1966
The first year at least five girls were named Shanti! It came in at #6,564, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Shanti is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Shanti in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Shanti
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 2,693 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #8,860)
- 686 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #8,860)
- 4,565 spots since 2015 (#4,295 → #8,860)
Rise & fade · girls
6 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1972 at #1,856 (45 births)
- Births halved by 1988, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,729
- Highest: 1 in 23,729 girls born in 2003 were named Shanti (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 146,115 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,856 in 1972, was only 1 in 33,805 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
- 24.4% of all girls named Shanti (460) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 34 | #3,958 (1969) | #5,163 |
| 1970s | 441 | #1,856 (1972) | #2,012 |
| 1980s | 349 | #1,863 (1980) | #2,849 |
| 1990s | 229 | #2,974 (1992) | #4,613 |
| 2000s | 460 | #2,229 (2003) | #3,890 |
| 2010s | 293 | #3,644 (2012) | #4,984 |
| 2020s | 79 | #6,167 (2024) | #8,178 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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