# Shefali (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/shefali/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “night jasmine” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Shephali |
| US babies named this | 296 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 296 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 23, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit शेफाली (śephālī, “night jasmine”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 8 | 10,668 |
| 1998 | 14 | 7,050 |
| 1999 | 16 | 6,442 |
| 2000 | 17 | 6,441 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10,891 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10,971 |
| 2003 | 15 | 7,529 |
| 2004 | 7 | 13,973 |
| 2005 | 7 | 14,282 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16,809 |
| 2007 | 5 | 20,110 |
| 2008 | 7 | 15,159 |
| 2009 | 5 | 19,775 |
| 2010 | 6 | 16,674 |
| 2012 | 7 | 14,758 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 3,126 |
| 1997 | 5 | 2,738 |
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 1999 | 4 | 3,225 |
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: शेफाली

## People named Shefali

- Shefali Chowdhury, British actress

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.