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Shree

Gender
Girl
Say it
SHREE
Origin
Sanskrit
UK rank, 2025
#1,512 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,576 for girls

Shree is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “radiance, prosperity”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).

What does Shree mean?

Sanskrit: spelling of Shri

“radiance, prosperity”

A Sanskrit word for splendour and good fortune, used as an honorific title and as a name of the goddess Lakshmi.

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

Shree is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Shree in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,512among girls
Babies in 2025
21about 1 in 13,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 86% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Shree, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th.

2025 had the most girls named Shree of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.

Half of all the girls named Shree in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were given Shree or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #950, up from #1,512 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.

1997Busiest: 21 in 20252025
Shree in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202521#1,512
20247#3,381
202311#2,481
20227#3,347
20219#2,846
20209#2,766
20195#4,214
20187#3,344
20176#3,774
20165#4,290
20150–
20146#3,702
20134#4,953
20125#4,390
20118#3,041
20108#2,992
20096#3,603
20084#4,742
20073#5,415
20063#5,259
20055#3,543
20044#3,916
20034#3,768
20020–
20010–
20003#4,074
19994#3,374
19983#4,026
19973#3,991

How popular is Shree in the US?

Rank in 2025
#3,576among girls
Babies in 2025
42about 1 in 38,000 girls
Five-year trend
Risingup 89% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Shree, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. It first appears in the records in 1955.

2025 had the most girls named Shree of any year since it first appeared, in 1955.

Half of all the girls named Shree in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

1955Busiest: 42 in 20252025
Shree in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202542#3,576
202439#3,822
202319#6,164
202235#4,106
202116#6,962
202013#7,964
201918#6,410
201822#5,615
201713#8,295
201626#5,129
201519#6,450
201410#10,124
201322#5,831
201227#5,112
201123#5,725
201031#4,607
200926#5,377
20085#17,498
200714#8,516
20069#11,412
200515#7,495
200412#8,711
200311#9,043
200210#9,476
20018#11,013
20009#9,867
19990–
19980–
19976#12,065
199615#6,059
199510#8,074
19947#10,563
19930–
19927#10,471
19919#8,580
199013#6,459
198916#5,280
19887#9,239
198719#4,280
198619#4,184
198520#3,982
198411#5,898
198315#4,685
198224#3,417
198121#3,738
198019#3,991
197918#4,051
197819#3,777
197720#3,611
197618#3,677
197511#5,159
197425#2,835
197310#5,189
197227#2,598
197112#4,532
197012#4,491
196910#4,722
196812#3,999
196712#3,844
196613#3,557
19657#5,288
19647#5,473
19638#4,895
196213#3,591
19610–
19600–
19596#5,565
195818#2,754
195715#3,032
195617#2,825
19555#5,826

Names like Shree

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Shree

Names related to Shree

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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, “Shree: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shree, updated 20 October 2026.