How Many People Are Named Shanti?
people named Shanti are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 174,202 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,025 babies named Shanti in Social Security records from 1966 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
77 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "quiet, peace, tranquility" in Sanskrit.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Shanti, 93.5% were girls and 6.5% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Shanti rose from 82.6% in the 1970s to 100% in the 2010s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Shanti alive today is about 32 years old, and 54% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 18 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Shanti first appears in the records in 1966 and was given most often in 2003, to 77 babies. In 2025, 11 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1966 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Shanti has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,880, in 1980. In 2025 it ranked #9,370.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,370 |
| Best rank | #1,880 (1980) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,320 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Shanti alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Shanti were born in California than in any other state: about 327 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Shanti was given 4.8 times as often in California, 3 times in Florida and 1.8 times in New York.
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