Is Shanti a boy or girl name?

Shanti is mostly a girl’s name. Of the 2,025 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 93.1% were girls and 6.9% were boys.

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Shanti

Recorded 1966–2025 · United States

Shanti was most popular in 2003, when 77 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,801 that year. In 2025 it ranked #15,103, with 11 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,025 people named Shanti.

Shanti over time

Births per year. The dot marks Shanti’s peak in 2003. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Shanti a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Shanti is mostly a girl’s name — 93.1% of the 2,025 Americans given it were girls and 6.9% 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 Shanti

Where Shanti is most concentrated

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

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