Shakti
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHUK-tee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Shakti is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “power, energy”. In 2025 it ranked 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Shakti mean?
Sanskrit
“power, energy”
In Hinduism Shakti is the divine feminine power, personified as the Mother Goddess and consort of Shiva.
Is Shakti a girl's or a boy's name?
Shakti is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shakti in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 4 girls.
Shakti in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
How popular is Shakti in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Shakti, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. It first appears in the records in 2000.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Shakti of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Shakti in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shakti in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Shakti
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi, Sanvi, Dhriti, Dhanvi, Vaani, Yashvi, Shanvi, Anvi, Kashvi, Sharvi, Saavi, Aarvi
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Shakti: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shakti, updated 20 October 2026.