Yashvi
Feminine · “famous”
Yashvi is built on yash, the Sanskrit word for fame — and specifically the good kind, the reputation a person earns rather than merely attracts.
How old is the name Yashvi?
Yashvi first appears in US birth records in 2003 — 22 years ago. The typical Yashvi is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Yashvi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Yashvi most popular?
Yashvi peaked in 2024, reaching #3459 nationally. Today it ranks #3903, 444 places below that high. See the whole 2024 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Yashvi
Ours, offered as ours. Yashas is one of the words the Sanskrit epics use most about what a life amounts to — the fame that outlasts a person, which the Mahabharata treats as more or less the only thing worth having. Yashoda, who raised Krishna, has a name from the same root: giver of fame. Yashvi is a modern formation on very old material, which is the ordinary condition of Indian naming now and worth stating plainly.
Meaningscholars disagree
famous, glorious
From Sanskrit yashas, fame or glory, which gives Yash, Yashoda and Yashwant; the compound Yashvi is modern and not attested classically, though the root is genuine and ancient.
Pronouncing Yashvi
YAASH-vee
Two syllables, first stressed. The shv cluster is unusual for English.
Nicknames for Yashvi
Moderate
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
- 2003
- Most girls named
- 202445 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3459reached in 2024
- Change vs 2024
- −17.8%37 in 2025, from 45
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.
Yashvi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Yashvi in Hindi — transliteration
- Yashas in Sanskrit — related form
- Yashvi in Gujarati — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New Jersey.
Yashvis among us
people named Yashvi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 43,440 born in 2025 was named Yashvi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Sheng test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Yashvi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sheng climbed just as high around 1986, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sheng's path sketches the road Yashvi is walking now.
Yashvi 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
Where Yashvi is headed
Yashvi looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 24% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Yashvi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Yashvi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Yash is a complete Indian name in its own right and a ready short form.
- A genuinely ancient Sanskrit root stands behind it.
- Six letters and two syllables, quick to write.
- The shv cluster in the middle is difficult for English mouths.
- The compound is modern, so classical dictionaries will not have it.
- Yashvi, Yashvee and Yashasvi are all in use and get confused.
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Frequently asked
- How many Yashvis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Yashvi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Yashvi in 2025?
- Yashvi ranks #3903 among US girl names in 2025, with 37 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Yashvi?
- About 1 in every 43,440 US girls born in 2025 was named Yashvi — 37 in all.
- Will my child share the name Yashvi with classmates?
- Yashvi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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