Girls' name · since 1987
Bhakti
162 babies named Bhakti in U.S. Social Security records since 1987, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,959 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,526 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 162
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Bhakti is the #15526 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 162 recorded since 1987.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bhakti has been recorded 162 times among girls since 1987, currently ranked #15526 nationally and more common than 10% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.
- #21,959 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,526 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 162 born since 1987
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bhakti ranks #21,959 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,526 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 162 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,959 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,526 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 162
- born since 1987
- 2000s
- peak decade
Bhakti's 162 recorded births place it above 69.54% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Bhakti compares
162 33rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Bhakti's all-time total is 57% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Bhakti | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 162 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Bhakti's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Bhakti's SSA record in two at 2006 and the more recent half accounts for 56% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 44%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1987, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Bhakti popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
Bhakti by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (52 births, 32% of the file).
2000s was Bhakti's strongest decade.
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Bhakti births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s
1990s
41 births
- 2000s
2000s
52 births
- 2010s
2010s
49 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 52 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Bhakti's data
- Bhakti's decade-level peak was the 2000s (52 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Bhakti: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~38 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Bhakti draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.