Shloka
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- SHLOH-ka
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,066 for girls
Shloka is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “verse, hymn”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 4,066th for girls in the US (35 babies).
What does Shloka mean?
Sanskrit: from shloka
“verse, hymn”
The shloka is the verse form of the Sanskrit epics, the Mahabharata and Ramayana.
Is Shloka a girl's or a boy's name?
Shloka is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 35 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shloka in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,509th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 182% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Shloka, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2023, with 12 girls.
Half of all the girls named Shloka in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Shloka in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 12 | #2,329 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
How popular is Shloka in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,066th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 35 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 35 girls in the US were named Shloka, making it the 4,066th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,546th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 42 girls. It first appears in the records in 2001.
Half of all the girls named Shloka in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shloka in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #4,066 |
| 2024 | 39 | #3,822 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 27 | #4,904 |
| 2021 | 35 | #4,087 |
| 2020 | 29 | #4,546 |
| 2019 | 42 | #3,610 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
Names like Shloka
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arya, Prisha, Aadhya, Minha, Shreeja, Viha, Yusra, Vamika, Kridha, Aarya, Nishtha, Dhyana
Names related to Shloka
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
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, “Shloka: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shloka, updated 20 October 2026.