NameTrends.U.S. Baby Name Data

Shankar Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Shankar: every year it appeared on the national list since 1985, with 80 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

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Total recorded births
80
Peak year
1997 #6527
Years on the list
13
10-year trend
+260.0%

In the 1990s ·

Popularity history

1985–2018

YearBirthsRank
19855#7413
19895#9017
19936#8538
19965#10298
19979#6527
19999#7012
20006#10147
20027#9234
20045#12931
20125#13891
20166#11910
20176#12000
20186#11914

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1997

State-level records for this name and year are not published (names with fewer than 5 births in a state are suppressed).

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