How many Lakshmis are there in the world?

No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Lakshmi are estimated to be alive in the US today.

How popular is the name Lakshmi in 2025?

Lakshmi ranks #6325 among US girl names in 2025, with 18 babies given the name.

How rare is the name Lakshmi?

About 1 in every 89,293 US girls born in 2025 was named Lakshmi — 18 in all.

Will my child share the name Lakshmi with classmates?

Lakshmi will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Lakshmi

Feminine · “good fortune”

#6325 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year

rare18 girls in 2025

Lakshmi first meant a mark. In the oldest Sanskrit the word is a sign or token, neutral in itself, and it only became fortune by way of the auspicious sign: the good mark, then the good, then the goddess who holds it. You can watch a word narrow across three thousand years.

How old is the name Lakshmi?

Lakshmi first appears in US birth records in 1971 — 54 years ago. The typical Lakshmi alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 900 people named Lakshmi are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Lakshmi most popular?

Lakshmi peaked in 2011, reaching #3014 nationally. Today it ranks #6325, 3,311 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.

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Where it comes from

From laksha to Lakshmi

The story of Lakshmi

Lakshmi is the goddess of wealth, fortune and beauty, the consort of Vishnu, and one of the most widely worshipped deities in Hinduism; she is the figure honored at Diwali, and her image standing on a lotus is among the most reproduced in the world. Naming a daughter for her is ordinary across India, and the name appears in Sanskrit, Tamil, Telugu, Bengali and Marathi families with a range of regional spellings and compounds, Mahalakshmi and Rajalakshmi among them. In United States records it belongs to Indian migration of the last sixty years and reached its best year in 2011, later than most Indian names of its generation.

Meaning

good fortune, prosperity; originally a mark or sign

Sanskrit lakshmi, from laksha, a mark, sign or target, the same root behind lakshana, a characteristic or auspicious bodily sign. In the earliest texts lakshmi can be a sign of either kind, and the phrase for the bad sort is specified separately; over time the word settled on the favorable reading alone, and then on the goddess of it.

How the name formed

laksha
lakshmi
Lakshmi

Related forms: Lakshmi · Lakshmi · Laxmi · Laksmi

Pronouncing Lakshmi

LUCK-shmee

Two syllables, stress on the first. The ksh is a single Sanskrit consonant rather than three sounds in a row, which is what makes it difficult for English speakers; Laxmi is the spelling that admits this.

Nicknames for Lakshmi

Moderate

LakshuThe South Indian affectionate ending -u, used within families

LuckyAn English substitute chosen for the sound and the sense together

MiTakes the final syllable

What the data says

146 years of official birth records

The long climb, and where it stands now

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded: 1971
Most girls named: 201156 — the highest on record
Peak rank: #3014reached in 2011
Change vs 2024: −33.3%18 in 2025, from 27

Lakshmi sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2011, with 56 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Lakshmi in other languages

The same name elsewhere

Lakshmi in Tamil — same name
Lakshmi in Telugu — same name
Laxmi in Hindi — spelling variant
Laksmi in Indonesian — transliteration

Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.

Lakshmis among us

900

people named Lakshmi are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 89,293 born in 2025 was named Lakshmi

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

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Is it right for you

What happens to a name after it peaks

The Teshia test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Lakshmi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Teshia climbed just as high around 1973, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Teshia's path sketches the road Lakshmi is walking now.

40%chance Lakshmi will feel “very 2010s” by 2040

Lakshmi, aligned on its peakTeshia· peak 1973not yet written

Lakshmi today is about where Teshia stood in 1987 — 14 years past a #3015-sized peak. Within 15 years, Teshia had drifted out of the mainstream charts.

Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Lakshmi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Lakshmi beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Lakshmi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Lakshmithis name18#6325Kaye18#6325Doria18#6325Karolyn18#6325Rosaleen18#6325

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths

A settled meaning and one of the best-known deities on earth behind it.
Recognized instantly across all of India regardless of language or region.
The short forms range from a Sanskrit one to a plain English one.

What to consider

The ksh cluster is genuinely difficult for English speakers and will be simplified.
Laxmi is the common Indian alternative spelling and both are used in the same families.
Some families consider a deity's name a serious commitment rather than a decorative one.

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Frequently asked

How many Lakshmis are there in the world?: No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Lakshmi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How popular is the name Lakshmi in 2025?: Lakshmi ranks #6325 among US girl names in 2025, with 18 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Lakshmi?: About 1 in every 89,293 US girls born in 2025 was named Lakshmi — 18 in all.
Will my child share the name Lakshmi with classmates?: Lakshmi will almost certainly be the only one in school.

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