Names / Girl names
Jyoti
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#5,561
in 1979
First recorded
1968
in U.S. data
Children named
235
since 1968
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #5,561 in 1979 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
(JOH-tee / JYO-tee): Sanskrit, meaning light or flame. Classic and meaningful. Stateside, it was first recorded in 1968. It now sits outside the national top 1,000, which keeps it uncommon. Only about 235 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.