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Shanti

#9,370 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Quiet, peace, tranquility

Shanti has been given to 2,025 babies in the U.S. since 1966. In 2025 it ranked #9,370 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2003, with 77 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 93% girls, 7% boys all-time.

Babies named Shanti, 2025

1 in 301,000

Shanti over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Shanti over time

In 2025, Shanti went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19662025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Shanti: meaning, origin, and history

Quiet, peace, tranquility

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Shanti means

Shanti means “quiet, peace, tranquility”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,885 girls were recorded with the name Shanti between 1966 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 77 in 2003; its best national rank was #1,880 in 1980.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,156 in 2020 to #9,370 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,395 in 2015 to #9,370 in 2025.

In the United States, 140 boys were recorded with the name Shanti between 1970 and 1992. Its highest annual count was 14 in 1971; its best national rank was #2,664 in 1971.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Shanti?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 301,000
11 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 146,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#9,370
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
208,901 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Shanti sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 208,901 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shanti. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Shantis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Shanti was born before 1994 — so the typical Shanti is around 31 today.

Median birth year
1994
About 31 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
24.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
43.0%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
1,885
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2000s — 24.4% of all recorded uses (460).

Is Shanti rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−3,009
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+786
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−4,975
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.33×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
14.3%
Peak was 2003 (77)
Years since peak
22
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,880
1980

Spellings of Shanti

Shanti is not the most common spelling — Shari is, with 16.2% against Shanti's 0.74%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Shanti is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Shanti was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 139,102 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Florida1 in 100,000
  3. 3Georgia1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5New York1 in —
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —
  8. 8Washington1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shanti has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Shanti is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Shanti was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,182,944 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Shanti has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Shanti around the world

Where Shanti ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1999–2025
    #4,201
    in 2025
  • France
    1982–2025
    #4,296
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2021
    #3,354
    in 2021
  • South Australia
    1983–2009
    #535
    in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Shanti by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#9,370
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 786
Best rank ever
#1,880
1980
Peak year
2003
77 that year
First recorded
1966
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,885
Count in 2025
11

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#2,664
1971
Peak year
1971
14 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
1992
All-time count
140
Count in 2025
Under 5

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Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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