Girls' name · since 2001
Jyotsna
34 babies named Jyotsna in U.S. Social Security records since 2001, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,521 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jyotsna sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 34 recorded since 2001.
Jyotsna has 34 recorded births among girls since 2001, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2001 to 2012.
- #39,521 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 2001
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jyotsna ranks #39,521 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 2001, peaking in the 2000s.
- #39,521 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 2001
- 2000s
- peak decade
Jyotsna's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jyotsna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Jyotsna splits its recorded history at 2009: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Jyotsna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2012
- Peak year (2008)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 12 years of records
Jyotsna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (23 births, 68% of the file).
2000s was Jyotsna's strongest decade.
23 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Jyotsna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
23 births
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 23 births (68% of all-time use).
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- Jyotsna's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (23 total births) through the 2010s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jyotsna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~11 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, 2001–2012 (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 Jyotsna 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.