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Shlok

Boy

Meaning of Shlok: Sanskrit: 'hymn' or 'verse'

Shlok is a boy's name most strongly associated with Indian naming. It has 5 letters and 1 syllable, and it is familiar but far from overused — 2718th most popular boys' name in the United States in 2025 and 2443rd in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2718

46 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#2443

9 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

1,068

First recorded 2001 · peak 2014

Trend

stable

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 0 babies1982: 0 babies1983: 0 babies1984: 0 babies1985: 0 babies1986: 0 babies1987: 0 babies1988: 0 babies1989: 0 babies1990: 0 babies19901991: 0 babies1992: 0 babies1993: 0 babies1994: 0 babies1995: 0 babies1996: 0 babies1997: 0 babies1998: 0 babies1999: 0 babies2000: 0 babies20002001: 5 babies2002: 9 babies2003: 9 babies2004: 20 babies2005: 13 babies2006: 31 babies2007: 23 babies2008: 29 babies2009: 52 babies2010: 34 babies20102011: 58 babies2012: 57 babies2013: 41 babies2014: 73 babies2015: 65 babies2016: 72 babies2017: 54 babies2018: 65 babies2019: 56 babies2020: 40 babies20202021: 59 babies2022: 59 babies2023: 47 babies2024: 51 babies2025: 46 babies
US babies named Shlok per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 73.

Gender split

100% boys · 0% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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