Bhakti
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Bhakti is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Bhakti mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Bhakti a girl's or a boy's name?
Bhakti is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bhakti in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 6 girls.
Half of all the girls named Bhakti in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Bhakti in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Bhakti in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 14,937th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Bhakti, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2009, with 11 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
2025 had more girls named Bhakti than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Bhakti in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bhakti in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
Names like Bhakti
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi, Dhriti, Sanvi, Dhanvi, Yashvi, Tanvi, Kashvi, Vaani, Anvi, Vaishnavi, Priya, Avni
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Bhakti: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bhakti, updated 20 October 2026.