# Deepti (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/deepti/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “brightness”, “light”, “splendour” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 155 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 155 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit दीप्ति (dīpti, “brightness, light, splendour”).

## What it means

Deepti is grouped under light.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 5 | 13,823 |
| 1994 | 9 | 9,012 |
| 1996 | 8 | 9,805 |
| 1997 | 6 | 12,480 |
| 1998 | 6 | 12,864 |
| 1999 | 8 | 10,602 |
| 2000 | 12 | 8,166 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10,324 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10,437 |
| 2003 | 8 | 11,581 |
| 2006 | 7 | 13,960 |
| 2007 | 5 | 18,340 |
| 2009 | 8 | 12,729 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,102 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,053 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 4,294 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: दीप्ति

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.