Is Shalini a boy or girl name?

Shalini is a girl’s name. Of the 784 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Shalini

Recorded 1970–2020 · United States

Shalini was most popular in 2000, when 29 American babies were given the name — ranking #6,975 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 784 people named Shalini.

Shalini over time

Births per year. The dot marks Shalini’s peak in 2000. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Shalini a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Shalini is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 784 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Shalini

Where Shalini is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 7.2×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org