Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Shanti*

#4,440 most common girls' name of all time · #7,548 across all names · 7% male / 93% female · used 1966–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#4,440
Rank overall
#7,548 of 105,966
First appeared
1966
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
2,025
Since 2016
174
Peak year
2003 #2,235
Best rank
#1,880 1980
Girls Boys peak 77/yr
198020002020

Shanti first appears in 1966. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 11 — 11 #8,988
2024 19 — 19 #6,241
2023 10 — 10 #9,772
2022 14 — 14 #7,734
2021 15 — 15 #7,338
2020 10 — 10 #9,725
2019 19 — 19 #6,247
2018 16 — 16 #7,176
2017 25 — 25 #5,240
2016 35 — 35 #4,194
2015 33 — 33 #4,327
2014 19 — 19 #6,530
2013 28 — 28 #4,937
2012 43 — 43 #3,671
2011 38 — 38 #3,951
2010 37 — 37 #4,052
2009 37 — 37 #4,138
2008 45 — 45 #3,607
2007 54 — 54 #3,182
2006 53 — 53 #3,150
2005 49 — 49 #3,187
2004 50 — 50 #3,095
2003 77 — 77 #2,235
2002 62 — 62 #2,541
2001 11 — 11 #8,931
2000 22 — 22 #5,213
1999 23 — 23 #4,778
1998 18 — 18 #5,685
1997 17 — 17 #5,733
1996 20 — 20 #4,957
1995 27 — 27 #3,923
1994 25 — 25 #4,179
1993 20 — 20 #4,902
1992 39 5 44 #3,009
1991 19 — 19 #5,100
1990 21 — 21 #4,615
1989 31 — 31 #3,373
1988 21 — 21 #4,252
1987 35 — 35 #2,833
1986 29 5 34 #3,184
1985 33 — 33 #2,844
1984 32 9 41 #2,838
1983 32 — 32 #2,758
1982 37 9 46 #2,569
1981 41 5 46 #2,402
1980 58 14 72 #1,880
1979 53 6 59 #1,973
1978 47 8 55 #2,042
1977 49 11 60 #1,998
1976 35 10 45 #2,374
1975 46 13 59 #1,959
1974 46 5 51 #1,910
1973 44 11 55 #1,908
1972 45 10 55 #1,886
1971 44 14 58 #1,965
1970 32 5 37 #2,393
1969 13 — 13 #4,183
1968 8 — 8 #5,587
1967 8 — 8 #5,440
1966 5 — 5 #7,575