Shubh
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,706 for boys
Shubh is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 4,706th for boys in the US (21 babies).
What does Shubh mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Shubh a girl's or a boy's name?
Shubh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 21 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shubh in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,742among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Shubh, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Shubh in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Shubh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,169 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Shubh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,706among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 81,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 81% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the US were named Shubh, making it the 4,706th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 38 boys. It first appears in the records in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Shubh in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shubh in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #4,706 |
| 2024 | 30 | #3,691 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 26 | #3,883 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 38 | #3,056 |
| 2007 | 19 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 13 | #5,551 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
Names like Shubh
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Shivansh Aarav Shiv Veer Krish Dhruv Ansh Vansh Vihaan Yuvraj Daksh Siddharth
Names related to Shubh
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Veda
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, “Shubh: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shubh, updated 20 October 2026.