Swathi
Girl · SWAH-tee · Sanskrit
Swathi is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “the star Arcturus”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Swathi mean?
Sanskrit: South Indian spelling of Swati, from Sanskrit svati
“the star Arcturus”
Swati is the fifteenth nakshatra, or lunar mansion, in Hindu astronomy, identified with the star Arcturus.
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Is Swathi a girl's or a boy's name?
Swathi is a girls' name.
How popular is Swathi in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Swathi in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Swathi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 8 | #12,574 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 15 | #6,802 |
| 1999 | 19 | #5,418 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Names like Swathi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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