Rashmi
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Rashmi is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Rashmi mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Rashmi a girl's or a boy's name?
Rashmi is a girls' name.
How popular is Rashmi in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1981, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Rashmi in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rashmi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 6 | #15,147 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 15 | #4,745 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 9 | #5,578 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
Names like Rashmi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krishvi, Rani, Tanvi, Priya, Yashvi, Dhriti, Sanvi, Radhika, Asha, Avni, Kashvi, Avani
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Rashmi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rashmi, updated 20 October 2026.