Given name
Shilpa
“strong as a rock”
Shilpa is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “strong as a rock.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “strong as a rock.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shilpa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 573
- 0 boys · 573 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 30 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,479 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Shilpa’s family of names
Shilpa has a related form in Shilpah. Shilpa has a related form in Shilpha. Shilpa has a related form in Shylpa.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Shilpa
- Shilpa ShirodkarIndian actressborn 1969
- Shilpa ManjunathIndian actressborn 1992
- Shilpa MaskeyNepali actressborn 1992
- Shilpa SinghIndian beauty pageant winnerborn 1988
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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