# Lakshmi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lakshmi/  
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 | “mark”, “sign” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈlʌkʃmiː/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Laxmi |
| US babies named this | 877 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 877 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 217, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit लक्ष्मी (lakṣmī, “mark, sign”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 56 | 3,034 |
| 2012 | 28 | 5,045 |
| 2013 | 36 | 4,128 |
| 2014 | 23 | 5,724 |
| 2015 | 30 | 4,667 |
| 2016 | 29 | 4,793 |
| 2017 | 28 | 4,877 |
| 2018 | 16 | 7,271 |
| 2019 | 24 | 5,387 |
| 2020 | 19 | 6,215 |
| 2021 | 21 | 5,860 |
| 2022 | 25 | 5,246 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,481 |
| 2024 | 27 | 4,969 |
| 2025 | 18 | 6,453 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,636 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,460 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 12 | 2,195 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,966 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2020 | 9 | 2,615 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,519 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,598 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,843 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Lakshmi

- Lakshmi Menon, actress
- Laxmi Sharma, a first lady tempo driver of Nepal

## 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.