Meenakshi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mee-NAHK-shee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,388 for girls
Meenakshi is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “fish-eyed one”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 3,388th for girls in the US (45 babies).
What does Meenakshi mean?
Sanskrit: mina 'fish' + akshi 'eye'
“fish-eyed one”
Meenakshi is a form of Parvati worshipped at the great Meenakshi Amman Temple in Madurai, Tamil Nadu.
Is Meenakshi a girl's or a boy's name?
Meenakshi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 45 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Meenakshi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 125% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Meenakshi, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 8 girls.
2025 had more girls named Meenakshi than any year since 2009.
Half of all the girls named Meenakshi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2023. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Meenakshi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #5,540 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Meenakshi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,388th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 45 about 1 in 36,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 59% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 45 girls in the US were named Meenakshi, making it the 3,388th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,310th. It first appears in the records in 1985.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Meenakshi of any year since it first appeared, in 1985.
Half of all the girls named Meenakshi in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Meenakshi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #3,388 |
| 2024 | 29 | #4,667 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 20 | #5,981 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,310 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 23 | #5,450 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 23 | #5,623 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 23 | #5,707 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 25 | #5,571 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8,234 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
Nicknames for Meenakshi
- Meena 9 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Meenakshi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vaishnavi, Saanvi, Dhanvi, Dhriti, Avani, Aadhini, Sanvi, Yashvi, Krishvi, Vaani, Kashvi, Anvi
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, “Meenakshi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/meenakshi, updated 20 October 2026.