Gayathri — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gayathri

The Social Security Administration has registered 133 babies named Gayathri between 1997 and 2022, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gayathri currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gayathri performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 93 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Gayathri shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Gayathri in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gayathri in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 133 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.