NameTides

Shakti

Shakti was the #5,554 girls' name in the US in 2025 (22 babies), and #3,478 in Canada.

Shakti as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Shakti as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUS
Shakti as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#5,554 (22)—#3,478 (5)
2024#6,932 (16)#5,892 (3)—
2023#7,247 (15)——
2022#8,032 (13)——
2021#10,292 (9)#4,634 (4)—
2020#7,212 (15)#5,493 (3)—
2019#7,716 (14)#5,591 (3)—
2018#11,427 (8)——
2017#7,840 (14)#5,765 (3)—
2016#10,113 (10)——
2015—#5,730 (3)—
2014#14,558 (6)——
2013#14,582 (6)——
2012#12,199 (8)#4,838 (4)—
2011#11,181 (9)#5,785 (3)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #5,554.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2000.

How common is it?

about 1 in 71,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 71,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 30,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Shakti is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 58,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 46,000 to 1 in 72,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Shakti by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #3,095CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Shakti (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ShaktiCanadaGirls#3,4785
ShaktiEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ShaktiNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ShaktiUSGirls#5,55422
ShaktiUSBoys—too few