Recorded 1968–2019 Girls' name Peak 1979 235 births

Jyoti — girls' name

235 babies named Jyoti in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1979. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s71970s661980s691990s572000s302010s6
1980s
Peak decade

29% of everyone ever named Jyoti was born in this single decade.

1979
Single peak year

12 babies were named Jyoti in 1979 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Jyoti

The Social Security Administration has registered 235 babies named Jyoti between 1968 and 2019, spanning 52 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Jyoti currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 12 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Jyoti performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Jyoti shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Jyoti in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Jyoti 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 235 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.

Jyoti at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

235

Since 1968

52 years of records

Peak year

1979

12 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1968

Recorded for 52 years

Last year on file: 2019

Jyoti popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1968

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1979)
12
Annual births at peak — across 52 years of records
468101214 201920011994199019851981197719721968 7

Jyoti by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
69 births that decade — 29% of Jyoti's all-time total
1960s71970s661980s691990s572000s302010s6

Jyoti by state

Where Jyoti concentrates geographically — total births since 1968

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Jyoti
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.1%
California share of Jyoti's total US births 2.1%

5 of 235 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Jyoti?
235 babies have been named Jyoti since 1968. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1979 with 12 births.
When was Jyoti most popular?
Jyoti was most popular in the 1980s decade with 69 total births. The single peak year was 1979.
Where is Jyoti most popular?
The top states for the name Jyoti are California (5 births).
How long has the name Jyoti been used?
Jyoti has been recorded in Social Security data since 1968, spanning 52 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Jyoti?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Jyotsna, Jyonna. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1968–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.