# Yamini (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/yamini/  
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 | “night” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 56 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 56 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit यामिनी (yāminī, “night”).

## What it means

Yamini is grouped under night.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 7 | 11,770 |
| 1997 | 5 | 16,096 |
| 1998 | 6 | 14,066 |
| 2001 | 8 | 12,019 |
| 2002 | 7 | 13,549 |
| 2003 | 7 | 13,795 |
| 2005 | 10 | 10,892 |
| 2021 | 6 | 15,157 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: यामिनी

## 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.