Drishti
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- DRISH-tee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Drishti is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “vision, sight”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Drishti mean?
Sanskrit: from dṛṣṭi 'sight, vision'
“vision, sight”
In yoga and meditation, drishti is the point of steady gaze used to focus the mind.
Is Drishti a girl's or a boy's name?
Drishti 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 Drishti in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Drishti in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Drishti in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
How popular is Drishti 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 Drishti, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
2025 had more girls named Drishti than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Drishti in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Drishti in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 7 | #13,145 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
Names like Drishti
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Dhriti Dhanvi Saanvi Sanvi Yashvi Kashvi Anvi Vaani Tanvi Krishvi Avni Prisha
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, “Drishti: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/drishti, updated 20 October 2026.