Japji
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- JUP-jee
- Origin
- Punjabi
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,512 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Japji is a girls' name of Punjabi origin, meaning “recitation, meditation”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Japji mean?
Punjabi: Sikh name
“recitation, meditation”
Named after the Japji Sahib, Guru Nanak's prayer that opens the Guru Granth Sahib and is recited each morning.
Is Japji a girl's or a boy's name?
Japji is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Japji in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,512th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 13,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 87% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Japji, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,708th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 28 girls.
Half of all the girls named Japji in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.
Japji in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,512 |
| 2024 | 28 | #1,248 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,497 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 18 | #1,708 |
| 2019 | 11 | #2,420 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,825 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 20 | #1,653 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 8 | #3,041 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Japji in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 16% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Japji, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 2012.
Half of all the girls named Japji in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Japji in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 17 | #6,639 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 16 | #7,368 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
Names like Japji
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi, Khivi, Gurbani, Aarvi, Anvi, Gurnaaz, Vaani, Pranshi, Aashvi, Kashvi, Dhriti, Sanvi
More Punjabi names
Asees, Gurbaaz, Nirvair, Gurfateh, Jind, Baani, Akaal, Gurnawab, Jujhar, Ajooni, Mannat, Ekam, Gurniwaz, Gursanjh, Avleen, Anhad
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, “Japji: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/japji, updated 20 October 2026.