girl's name

Shalini

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,033

Shalini is a girl's name. In 2020 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2000, when 29 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1970.

Shalini over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2020, not a full ten years.

221
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Shalini by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 137
1980s 165
1990s 175
2000s 221
2010s 80
2020s (to 2020) 6

How popular is Shalini?

In 2020, Shalini was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Shalini is used

Canada #3,043 5 in 2006
France #5,724 5 in 2025
England & Wales #6,446 3 in 2015
United States #13,651 6 in 2020

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Shalini

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Shalini also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Shalini over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Shalini

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Shalini — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Shalini

How popular is the name Shalini?

In 2020, Shalini was given to 6 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Shalini a girl's or a boy's name?

Shalini is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shalini most popular?

Shalini peaked in 2000, when 29 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Shalini a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Shalini currently ranks #5,724 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.