Girls' name · since 2001
Shakthi
Shakthi has 80 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,548 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 80
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shakthi currently ranks #10548 among girls' names in America, with 80 babies recorded since 2001.
Shakthi has 80 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #10548 as of the latest data, more common than 39% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2025.
- #29,665 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,548 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 80 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakthi ranks #29,665 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,548 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 80 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,665 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,548 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 80
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Shakthi's 80 recorded births place it above 58.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Shakthi compares
80 21st percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Shakthi's all-time total is 79% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shakthi | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 80 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shakthi's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Shakthi splits its recorded history at 2014: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2015 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Shakthi popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Shakthi by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (42 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Shakthi's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Shakthi births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
42 births
- 2020s 15
2020s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 42 births (53% of all-time use).
Shakthi by state
Where Shakthi concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 6.3% |
5 of 80 births nationwide.
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- Shakthi's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (42 total births) through the 2020s (15) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Shakthis (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shakthi: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~24 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2001–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Shakthi draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.