Shlok
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHLOHK
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,764 for boys
Shlok is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “verse, hymn”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 2,764th for boys in the US (46 babies).
What does Shlok mean?
Sanskrit
“verse, hymn”
A shloka is a Sanskrit verse couplet, the metre of the great epics, the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
Is Shlok a girl's or a boy's name?
Shlok is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 46 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shlok in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Shlok, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 22 boys.
2025 had more boys named Shlok than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Shlok in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Shlok in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,024 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 22 | #1,260 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,445 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 7 | #2,775 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
How popular is Shlok in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,764among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 46about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 46 boys in the US were named Shlok, making it the 2,764th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,924th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 73 boys. It first appears in the records in 2001.
2025 had fewer boys named Shlok than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Shlok in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shlok in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 46 | #2,764 |
| 2024 | 51 | #2,595 |
| 2023 | 47 | #2,736 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,378 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,320 |
| 2020 | 40 | #2,924 |
| 2019 | 56 | #2,393 |
| 2018 | 65 | #2,146 |
| 2017 | 54 | #2,387 |
| 2016 | 72 | #1,991 |
| 2015 | 65 | #2,132 |
| 2014 | 73 | #1,958 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,802 |
| 2012 | 57 | #2,269 |
| 2011 | 58 | #2,231 |
| 2010 | 34 | #3,238 |
| 2009 | 52 | #2,450 |
| 2008 | 29 | #3,643 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 31 | #3,382 |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 20 | #4,259 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
Names like Shlok
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Bodhi Aarav Shivansh Veer Shiv Yug Vihaan Arjan Dhruv Yuvraj Kairo Arjun
More Sanskrit names
Maya Arya Lila Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India Avani Rudra
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, “Shlok: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shlok, updated 20 October 2026.