Given name
Shruti
“having good hearing”
Shruti is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “having good hearing.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “having good hearing.”
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 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Shruti through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,095
- 0 boys · 1,095 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 63 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #12,987 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −67%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 12,987 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 63 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,778 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.
Shruti’s family of names
Shruti has a related form in Shrutea. Shruti has a related form in Shrutee. Shruti has a related form in Shrutey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Shruti
- Shruti HaasanIndian actressborn 1986
- Shruti SharmaIndian actressborn 1981
- Shruti MishraIndian badminton playerborn 2002
- Shruti SadolikarIndian classical singerborn 1951
- Shruti Kurienbadminton playerborn 1983
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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