Gayatri
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Gayatri is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Gayatri mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gayatri a girl's or a boy's name?
Gayatri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gayatri in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 4 girls.
Gayatri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Gayatri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 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, 8 girls in the US were named Gayatri, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the girls named Gayatri in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gayatri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 14 | #6,478 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
Names like Gayatri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avani, Vaishnavi, Gurbani, Saanvi, Dhriti, Sanvi, Yashvi, Tanvi, Kashvi, Aadhini, Dhanvi, Ishani
Names related to Gayatri
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, “Gayatri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gayatri, updated 20 October 2026.