How Many People Are Named Shakti?
people named Shakti are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,479,588 people in the US has this name
Based on 233 babies named Shakti in Social Security records from 1987 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
22 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "power" in Sanskrit. In Hinduism a shakti is the female counterpart of a god. The name Shakti is used in particular to refer to the female counterpart of Shiva, also known as Parvati among many other names.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shakti, 95.4% were girls and 4.6% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shakti alive today is about 10 years old, and 98% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shakti first appears in the records in 1987, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 22 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1987 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shakti has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #5,686, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #5,686.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #5,686 |
| Best rank | #5,686 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7,355 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shakti alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shakti were born in California than in any other state: about 17 of those alive today.
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