Boys' name · since 2010
Shanmukh
52 babies named Shanmukh in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,957 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,739 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 52
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
52 babies have been named Shanmukh since 2010, making it today's #8739 boys' name.
Shanmukh has 52 recorded births among boys since 2010, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8739 as of the latest data, more common than 37% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #21,957 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,739 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 52 born since 2010
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Shanmukh ranks #21,957 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,739 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 52 born since 2010, peaking in the 2020s.
- #21,957 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,739 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 52
- born since 2010
- 2020s
- peak decade
Shanmukh's 52 recorded births place it above 51.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Shanmukh compares
52 17th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Shanmukh's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Shanmukh | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 52 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 13 | 34 | 22,252 |
Shanmukh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Shanmukh's full recorded timeline at 2021, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2010, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Shanmukh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Shanmukh by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (34 births, 65% of the file).
2020s was Shanmukh's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 65% of all-time use.
Shanmukh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
34 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 34 births (65% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Shanmukh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2010–2025 (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 Shanmukh 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.