Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2004. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shambhavi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 155
- 0 boys · 155 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #6,285 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +58%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,285 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 57.8% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shambhavi’s family of names
In English usage, Shambhavi has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form शांभवी.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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