Shlok
#2,788 in 2025Boys' nameMeaning not yet documented
Shlok has been given to 1,068 babies in the U.S. since 2001. In 2025 it ranked #2,788 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2014, with 73 recorded.
Babies named Shlok, 2025
1 in 72,100
Shlok over time, 1880–2025
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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.
How common is Shlok?
Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.
- Among all babies, 2025
- 1 in 72,100
- 46 of 3,315,165 births
- Among boys only
- 1 in 37,100
- <0.01% of boys
- Rank, 2025
- #2,788
- of 13,926 boys’ names in use
- Coin-flip room size
- 49,955 kids
- Even odds of a second one
Where Shlok sits on the popularity scale
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.
Put another way: gather 49,955 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Shlok. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.
When Shloks were born
Half of everyone ever recorded as Shlok was born before 2016 — so the typical Shlok is around 9 today.
- Biggest decade
- 2010s
- 53.8% of all use
- Born in the last 25 years
- 100.0%
- A modern name
- Recorded since 1950
- 1,068
- People you could plausibly meet
2010s — 53.8% of all recorded uses (575).
Is Shlok 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
- −159
- Places dropped
- Rank vs 5 years ago
- +180
- Places climbed
- Rank vs 10 years ago
- −644
- Places dropped
- Births vs 10 years ago
- 0.71×
- Fewer babies than then
- Share of its own peak
- 63.0%
- Peak was 2014 (73)
- Years since peak
- 11
- Years
- Year-to-year steadiness
- Volatile
- 33.9% average annual change
Spellings of Shlok
Shlok is not the most common spelling — Shiloh is, with 32.2% against Shlok's 3.7%.
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 Shlok is used
Across 1910–2025, Shlok was most concentrated in New Jersey — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 181,390 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).
Most concentrated
- 1New Jersey1 in 50,000
- 2California1 in 100,000
- 3Illinois1 in —
- 4Michigan1 in —
- 5New York1 in —
- 6Pennsylvania1 in —
- 7Texas1 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. Shlok has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.
Shlok around the world
Where Shlok 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 & Wales2006–2025#1,798in 2025
- Ireland2025–2025#829in 2025
- France2020–2020#6,671in 2020
- Canada2006–2024#1,232in 2024
- South Australia2012–2013#389in 2013
Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Central Statistics Office, 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. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Shlok by the numbers
The raw record for each sex the name is used for.
Names similar to Shlok
Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.
Sibling names for Shlok
Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.