Girls' name · since 2000
Shakti
222 babies named Shakti in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #18,773 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,666 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 222
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
222 babies have been named Shakti since 2000, making it today's #5666 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakti has been recorded 222 times among girls since 2000, currently ranked #5666 nationally and more common than 67% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #18,773 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,666 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 222 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shakti ranks #18,773 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,666 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 222 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #18,773 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,666 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 222
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shakti's 222 recorded births place it above 74.03% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Shakti compares
222 39th 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
Shakti's all-time total is 41% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shakti | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 222 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Shakti's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Shakti's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Shakti popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Shakti popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 1987 (Shakti as boys' name)
Shakti by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (90 births, 41% of the file).
2020s was Shakti's strongest decade.
90 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Shakti births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s
2010s
82 births
- 2020s
2020s
90 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 90 births (41% of all-time use).
Shakti by state
Where Shakti concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 17 | 7.7% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 2.3% |
17 of 222 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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- California records the most Shaktis (17 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 Shakti: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Shakti 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.