Shlok first appears in the U.S. registration record in 2001. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2014, 73 babies received the name (ranked #1976). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #2424), with roughly 57 babies named Shlok each year. Shlok's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 1,022 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.