Yogi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- YOH-gee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Yogi is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “practitioner of yoga”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Yogi mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit yogi, from yoga 'union'
“practitioner of yoga”
Baseball great Yogi Berra got his nickname because a friend thought he sat like a Hindu holy man.
Is Yogi a girl's or a boy's name?
Yogi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Yogi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Yogi, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2019, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Yogi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
How popular is Yogi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Yogi, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1953.
Half of all the boys named Yogi in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Yogi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 10 | #7,600 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 5 | #4,031 |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #3,423 |
Names like Yogi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yug Loki Rumi Kairo Ruairi Yoan Yitzchok Minh Shko Yusuf Yunus Yakov
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, “Yogi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/yogi, updated 20 October 2026.