girl's name

Shilpa

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 6
  • Births on record 597

Shilpa is a girl's name. In 2010 it was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1973, when 30 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1968.

Shilpa over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1960s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2010, not a full ten years.

190
'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Shilpa by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1960s 11
1970s 173
1980s 190
1990s 157
2000s 36
2010s (to 2010) 6

How popular is Shilpa?

In 2010, Shilpa was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Shilpa is used

Canada #2,313 6 in 1991
England & Wales #6,879 3 in 2008
United States #16,299 6 in 2010

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 Shilpa

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

Parents who like Shilpa also like

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

Sibling names for Shilpa

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

Common questions about Shilpa

How popular is the name Shilpa?

In 2010, Shilpa was given to 6 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

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

Shilpa is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Shilpa most popular?

Shilpa peaked in 1973, when 30 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.