Meenakshi

#3,434 in 2025Girls' name

Alternate transcription of Minakshi

Meenakshi has been given to 524 babies in the U.S. since 1985. In 2025 it ranked #3,434 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 45 recorded.

Babies named Meenakshi, 2025

1 in 73,700

Meenakshi over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Meenakshi: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Minakshi

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Meenakshi means

Meenakshi is a alternate transcription of Minakshi.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Minakshi.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 524 girls were recorded with the name Meenakshi between 1985 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 45 in 2025; its best national rank was #3,434 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,428 in 2020 to #3,434 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,634 in 2015 to #3,434 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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Meenakshi?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 73,700; 45 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 35,700; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #3,434; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 51,066 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Meenakshi 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 51,066 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Meenakshi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Meenakshis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Meenakshi was born before 2015 — so the typical Meenakshi is around 10 today.

Median birth year: 2015; About 10 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 37.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 91.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 524; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 37.2% of all recorded uses (195).

Is Meenakshi 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: +1,297; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,994; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +3,200; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.37×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (45)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 45.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,434; 2025

Where Meenakshi is used

Across 1910–2025, Meenakshi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 685,421 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2New Jersey1 in —
3New York1 in —
4Texas1 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. Meenakshi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Meenakshi around the world

Where Meenakshi 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
1996–2025
#3,035
in 2025
Canada
2021–2021
#2,930
in 2021
South Australia
2008–2009
#818
in 2009

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Meenakshi by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #3,434
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,994
Best rank ever: #3,434; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 45 that year
First recorded: 1985
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 524
Count in 2025: 45

Names similar to Meenakshi

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

Meelah Meesha Devanshi Meela Meeka Priyanshi Vedanshi Aarushi Shivanshi Riyanshi Meerab Meeghan Arushi Pranshi Meekah Meena Meegan Tashi Miyoshi Khushi Aashi Aanshi Aayushi Meera

Sibling names for Meenakshi

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

For a sister

Leonor Karleigh Keren Eloisa Shoshana Nila Kamilah Denisse

For a brother

Evans Hamilton Caesar Tobin Leander Henri Lucio Gray

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