girls:
1.9k births since 1966
#3936 (31st percentile)
boys:
140 births since 1970
#4446 (3rd percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1966
#5778 (25th percentile)
The name Shanti is the #5,778 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,994 recorded births since 1966. This represents the 25.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.3% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,936 (31.1% percentile) for all time with 1,854 births since 1966. For boys, it ranks #4,446 (3.0% percentile) for all time with 140 births since 1970.
Shanti first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1966 (1966 for girls and 1970 for boys).
The name Shanti has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 93.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Shanti reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 7.9% percentile (ranked #835) with 38 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 38 births per million (ranked 7.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2006, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Shanti ranks #942 for girls (0.5% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 14.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Shanti reached its peak popularity in 1971, achieving the 1.4% percentile (ranked #658) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1992.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Shanti".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Shanti", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 46 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Shante" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Shante..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Shanti. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.9% confident that Shanti is pronounced as SHAHN-tee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is SHAN-tee, at 40.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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