Fun Facts About the Name Bhakti
- 162 babies named Bhakti: U.S. records list 162 babies given the name Bhakti from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Bhakti Mean?
Bhakti is a Sanskrit feminine noun meaning "devotion," especially loving devotion to a deity. It comes from the verbal root bhaj-, "to share, partake, or worship," with the noun-forming suffix -ti. In broader Sanskrit usage the word can also mean attachment, fondness, or faithful service, but its religious sense of devotion is the one that became established as a name. The given name is the Sanskrit word itself, not a shortened form of another name.
Bhakti Name History & Origins
Bhakti appears in Sanskrit religious and philosophical literature as a term for devotion. In the Bhagavad Gita, devotion to Krishna is presented as a religious path, and later Hindu devotional texts and traditions developed the idea further. The word also supplies the label for the bhakti movements, devotional communities in South Asia that emphasized love for a deity expressed through poetry, song, and worship.
As a personal name, Bhakti is used in India, usually for girls, within the wider Indian custom of taking Sanskrit religious or philosophical words as names.
How Popular is the Name Bhakti?
Bhakti has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2009. Its best rank was #10,084 in 2009.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #15,313 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #15,495 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2019 | #14,101 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2017 | #14,415 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #16,652 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #12,125 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #11,412 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #11,319 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2010 | #15,267 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2009 | #10,084 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2008 | #17,959 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #11,776 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2006 | #15,434 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #16,484 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2003 | #14,119 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #15,787 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #15,377 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #11,550 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1998 | #10,253 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1997 | #14,016 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #13,791 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #11,967 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #13,704 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #13,210 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #12,012 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #11,492 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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