How rare is the name Lakshmi?

5,890 people in the United States have the first name Lakshmi, about 1 in 51,279. It ranks #3,512 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

LAKSHMI

#3,512

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,890
About
1 in 51,279
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,890 people named Lakshmi, 93.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.9% as two or more races. 92.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lakshmi peaked in 2011, when 56 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19712025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
56
In 2025*
18 ▼68%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 877 babies have been given the name since 1971. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lakshmi by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #7,941. The largest share of babies named Lakshmi, 43.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#11,54654
1980s#12,18472
1990s#13,72491
2000s#9,089232
2010s#7,941303
2020s#10,025125
Generation X 1965–807.1%
Millennials 1981–9613.7%
Generation Z 1997–1243.8%
2013 and later35.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Exactly as common as Lakshmi

2 other first names also have 5,890 people.

#3,512 Ewa · 5,890#3,512 Ilana · 5,890

Either side of Lakshmi

#3,512 Ewa · 5,890#3,512 Ilana · 5,890#3,515 Marilou · 5,888#3,516 Jemma · 5,887

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