Fun Facts About the Name Shree
- More than 1 thousand babies named Shree: U.S. records list 1,060 babies given the name Shree from 1880 through 2025. Even 13 boys received the name Shree - about 1 boy for every 81 girls.
What Does the Name Shree Mean?
Shree is a transliteration of the Sanskrit word śrī (श्री), which bundles together several linked senses: radiance, beauty, prosperity, fortune, and majesty. Its literal sense is splendor or prosperity; the customary interpretation in Indian usage treats it as "prosperity" or "fortune." The same word is a standard epithet of the goddess Lakshmi, so the name is also understood to mean "Lakshmi."
Because śrī functions in Sanskrit both as a common noun and as a title of respect, the spelling Shree sits at the meeting point of name and honorific. It appears alongside the transliterations Shri, Sri, and Sree, all representing the same Sanskrit original rather than separate derivations.
Shree Name History & Origins
The word śrī is attested in Vedic Sanskrit, where it refers to beauty, splendor, and prosperity. In the classical period it is personified as Shri, the goddess of fortune, who becomes closely identified with Lakshmi, and it appears in devotional and courtly language as an auspicious prefix before the names of deities, revered people, and texts.
Sanskrit vocabulary traveled with religion and royal administration, so the honorific form spread beyond the Indian subcontinent. Sinhala uses Sri (as in the country name Sri Lanka, adopted in 1972), Tamil has the equivalent Thiru, and older Malay and Indonesian court titles used Sri as well. These are uses of the same honorific word rather than independent coinages.
As a personal name, Shree is given in India and Nepal, most often to girls but also used for boys, and it is written in the related spellings Sree and Shri. Its use as a personal name developed out of the same word that serves as a title, so a bearer of the name and a person addressed with the honorific are using one and the same Sanskrit term.
How Popular is the Name Shree?
Shree has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #2,662 in 1972.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,636 | 42 | 0.0026% |
| 2024 | #3,865 | 39 | 0.0024% |
| 2023 | #6,370 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2022 | #4,183 | 35 | 0.0021% |
| 2021 | #7,211 | 16 | 0.0010% |
| 2020 | #8,339 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2019 | #6,661 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2018 | #5,765 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2017 | #8,720 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2016 | #5,266 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2015 | #6,695 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2014 | #10,836 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #5,987 | 22 | 0.0013% |
| 2012 | #5,233 | 27 | 0.0015% |
| 2011 | #5,906 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2010 | #4,718 | 31 | 0.0017% |
| 2009 | #5,514 | 26 | 0.0014% |
| 2008 | #20,042 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #8,944 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #12,285 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2005 | #7,845 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #9,188 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #9,599 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2002 | #10,128 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2001 | #11,902 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2000 | #10,624 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #13,476 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #6,345 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1995 | #8,661 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1994 | #11,613 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #11,563 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #9,247 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1990 | #6,822 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1989 | #5,511 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1988 | #10,237 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #4,454 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1986 | #4,326 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1985 | #4,109 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 1984 | #6,229 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1983 | #4,852 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 1982 | #3,515 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 1981 | #3,836 | 21 | 0.0013% |
| 1980 | #4,124 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 1979 | #4,202 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 1978 | #3,903 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 1977 | #3,738 | 20 | 0.0013% |
| 1976 | #3,801 | 18 | 0.0012% |
| 1975 | #5,453 | 11 | 0.0008% |
| 1974 | #2,902 | 25 | 0.0017% |
| 1973 | #5,521 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1972 | #2,662 | 27 | 0.0018% |
| 1971 | #4,771 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #4,727 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1969 | #5,003 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1968 | #4,191 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1967 | #4,017 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1966 | #3,714 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 1965 | #5,735 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1964 | #5,922 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1963 | #5,229 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1962 | #3,754 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1959 | #6,133 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1958 | #2,845 | 18 | 0.0009% |
| 1957 | #3,135 | 15 | 0.0007% |
| 1956 | #2,920 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1955 | #6,595 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #9,489 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #13,905 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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