Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Shanti

Gender

Female

Origin

Indian
peaceful

Pronunciation

sh(an)-ti

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1980 (rank #3097, 14 births); most recent 1992 (rank #8430, 5 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2003 (rank #2227, 77 births); most recent 2025 (rank #8860, 11 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
2025–11
2024–19
2023–10
2022–14
2021–15
2020–10
2019–19
2018–16
2017–25
2016–35

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2003 (rank #1269, 17 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4200, 5 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20255
2024–
20235
20223
20215
2020–
20195
20186
20174
20166

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2010 (rank #4708, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2012 (rank #2175, 14 births); most recent 2021 (rank #4588, 4 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoysGirls
2023––
2022––
2021–4
2020–6
2019––
2018–7
2017–11
2016–7
2015–6
2014–10

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence