# Niyati (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/niyati/  
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 | “destiny”, “fate” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 364 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 364 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 84, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit नियति (niyati, “destiny, fate”).

## 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 | 19 | 6,786 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,563 |
| 2013 | 19 | 6,660 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,688 |
| 2015 | 6 | 15,898 |
| 2016 | 18 | 6,839 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,723 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,642 |
| 2019 | 11 | 9,577 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,807 |
| 2021 | 9 | 10,900 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17,090 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16,953 |
| 2024 | 10 | 10,057 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,646 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 6 | 3,116 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2009 | 6 | 3,422 |
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,887 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2019 | 7 | 3,151 |
| 2020 | 3 | 5,493 |
| 2023 | 7 | 3,218 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: नियति

## 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.