Shlok

#2,765 for boys in 2025, 46 births

Peak · boys
2014 · 73 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,068
since 2001

Shlok over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Shlok has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015peak #1,959, 2014boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#2,76546
2024#2,59551
2023#2,73747
2022#2,37959
2021#2,32159
2020#2,92540
2019#2,39456
2018#2,14765
2017#2,38854
2016#1,99172
2015#2,13265
2014#1,95973
2013#2,80441
2012#2,27057
2011#2,23258
2010#3,23934
2009#2,45152
2008#3,64629
2007#4,24323
2006#3,38431
2005#5,87513
2004#4,26420
2003#7,2459
2002#7,0559
2001#10,5565
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First appearance
2001

The first year at least five boys were named Shlok! It came in at #10,556, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 2001, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Shlok is popular in 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedPANew Jersey: #960 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,318 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,757 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 25,144 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedHITexas: #2,391 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 37,616 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Shlok, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Jersey#960 · 1 in 8,318
  2. California#1,757 · 1 in 25,144
  3. Texas#2,391 · 1 in 37,616

Best ever in a state: #502 in New Jersey, 2016.

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New Jersey#96051 in 8,318
California#1,75791 in 25,144
Texas#2,39151 in 37,616
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See more about Shlok
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 170 spots since 2024 (#2,595 → #2,765)
  • 160 spots since 2020 (#2,925 → #2,765)
  • 633 spots since 2015 (#2,132 → #2,765)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2001
  • Peaked 2014 at #1,959 (73 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 26,313
  • Highest: 1 in 26,313 boys born in 2014 were named Shlok (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 37,132 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 53.8% of all boys named Shlok (575) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2000s191#2,451 (2009)#5,413
2010s575#1,959 (2014)#2,356
2020s302#2,321 (2021)#2,620

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Shlok in 2015

boys
#2,132
65 births · 1 in 29,488 boys

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #2,132Shlok65
More about 2015

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 29,488 of them was named Shlok, which outranked 84.8% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Shlok
  1. #2,112Riggs66
  2. #2,112Wren66
  3. #2,112Wynn66
  4. #2,132Shlok65
  5. #2,132Aylan65
  6. #2,132Aziel65
  7. #2,132Azrael65
  8. #2,145Abhiram64
  9. #2,145Adonai64
  10. #2,145Adryan64

Tied with 12 names at #2,132; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2015 →