Shalimar
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHAL-i-mar
Shalimar is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Shalimar mean?
From the Shalimar Gardens of Mughal India
Named for the Shalimar Gardens, laid out by the Mughal emperors at Lahore and Srinagar; also a classic Guerlain perfume.
Is Shalimar a girl's or a boy's name?
Shalimar is a girls' name.
How popular is Shalimar in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1954.
Half of all the girls named Shalimar in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shalimar in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 21 | #4,672 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 22 | #4,491 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 19 | #4,280 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,343 |
| 1980 | 24 | #3,411 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 14 | #4,679 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 19 | #3,276 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,615 |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,641 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,376 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
Names like Shalimar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Summer, Safiya, Samira, Aaliyah, Farah, Safia, Safa, Sumayyah, Hadassah, Aliya, Samiyah, Zainab
Sources
Figures from 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, “Shalimar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shalimar, updated 20 October 2026.