How rare is the name Shilpa?

4,479 people in the United States have the first name Shilpa, about 1 in 67,433. It ranks #4,243 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

SHILPA

#4,243

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,479
About
1 in 67,433
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,479 people named Shilpa, 97.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.4% as White. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Shilpa peaked in 1973, when 30 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682010
Peak year
1973
Births that year
30
In 2010
6 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 573 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Shilpa by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #5,875. The largest share of babies named Shilpa, 48.7%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#14,41311
1970s#5,875173
1980s#6,576190
1990s#9,531157
2000s#27,14536
2010s#44,5536
Generation X 1965–8036.3%
Millennials 1981–9648.7%
Generation Z 1997–1215%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Shilpa

#4,240 Shanika · 4,484#4,240 Vernell · 4,484#4,244 Sofie · 4,477#4,245 Georgianna · 4,475

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Shilpa, most common first.

#14,763 Shilpi · 792

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