Daksha
Girl · DUK-shah · Sanskrit
Daksha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “skilful, capable”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Daksha mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit daksha
“skilful, capable”
In Hindu mythology Daksha is a son of Brahma and the father of the goddess Sati.
- Say it
- DUK-shah
Is Daksha a girl's or a boy's name?
Daksha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Daksha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2022, with 7 girls.
Daksha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
How popular is Daksha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Daksha, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,245th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Daksha in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Daksha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 9 | #10,245 |
| 2019 | 7 | #12,442 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
Names like Daksha
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