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Gayatri

#11,260 in 2025Girls' name

To sing

Gayatri has been given to 316 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #11,260 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 16 recorded.

Babies named Gayatri, 2025

1 in 414,000

Gayatri over time, 1880–2025

Girls
0510152018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Gayatri: meaning, origin, and history

To sing

Sanskrit

What Gayatri means

Gayatri means “to sing”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Gayatri is used in Hinduism, Marathi and Hindi.

Another recorded pronunciation is /ɡɑː.ˈjɐt̪.ɾiː/ for Gayatri.

Origin, language, and formation

Gayatri is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Gayatri comes through Sanskrit गायत्री.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 316 girls were recorded with the name Gayatri between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 2006; its best national rank was #6,596 in 1997.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #14,026 in 2020 to #11,260 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #10,377 in 2015 to #11,260 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Gayatri?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 414,000
8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 201,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#11,260
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
287,238 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Gayatri sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Gayatri. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Gayatris were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Gayatri was born before 2007 — so the typical Gayatri is around 18 today.

Median birth year
2007
About 18 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
38.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
76.9%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
316
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 38.0% of all recorded uses (120).

Is Gayatri rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+2,786
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+2,766
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−883
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.80×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
50.0%
Peak was 2006 (16)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
29.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,596
1997

Where Gayatri is used

Across 1910–2025, Gayatri was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,668,796 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Gayatri has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Gayatri around the world

Where Gayatri ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2024
    #4,844
    in 2024
  • France
    1996–2014
    #6,006
    in 2014
  • South Australia
    2004–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Gayatri by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#11,260
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,766
Best rank ever
#6,596
1997
Peak year
2006
16 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
316
Count in 2025
8

Names similar to Gayatri

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Gayatri

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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