Bhakti

given name · Latin script

Meaning: devotion to God

Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published

/bɑːkti/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated

Bhakti is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

rarermore common
  • USUnited States1 in 413K(measured from records)
  • AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 78K
  • QAQatar≈1 in 141K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

806 people, 2020

Sources
159 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 78K (inferred from the name graph)

United Arab Emirates, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

One other spelling is counted as the same name:

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

devotion to God

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Bhakti counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Bhakti is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States8061 in 413K720Bhakti159
AE United Arab Emirates≈130 est.≈1 in 78K—Bhakti26
GB United Kingdom≈120 est.≈1 in 564K—Bhakti55
MY Malaysia≈94 est.≈1 in 346K—Bhakti7
AU Australia≈79 est.≈1 in 324K—Bhakti40
SG Singapore≈19 est.≈1 in 324K—Bhakti6
QA Qatar≈17 est.≈1 in 141K—Bhakti7

806 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Bhakti is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Bhaktī

  • Russian given name7 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, Russia

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian

    Also written Бхакти, Бхакті, Bkhakti

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Bhakti is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In kaw, devotion, attachment, trust, homage, worship, piety, faith, loyalty

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Latvian, Hinduisma virziens (sanskr. "uzticīga mīlestība uz Dievu"), kas uzskata, ka vienīgais, kas nepieciešams, lai gūtu pestīšanu, ir bezgalīga mīlestība uz personisko Dievu

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

  • In Latvian, Garīgā treniņa sistēma, kuras pamatā ir pilnīga uzticība un pakļaušanās savai dievībai vai savam guru kā dievības pasaulīgajam iemiesojumam

    as a wordTēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

How to address them(machine-generated)

FormalDear Colleague,
InformalHello,

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 19 sources across 12 countries.

Official registers attesting Bhakti
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020720#14,586
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex202086#14,586
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)20255—

Reference works 1

  • Dictionary of American Family Names

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Bhakti mean, and where does it come from?
devotion to God Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
How do you pronounce Bhakti?
A machine transcription gives /bɑːkti/ (IPA) for Hindi.
Is Bhakti a male or female name?
Bhakti is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
In which country does Bhakti have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 806 people named Bhakti, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled bhakti.
How common is the name Bhakti?
In the United States, the national register counted 806 people named Bhakti in 2020, about 1 in 413 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Bhakti”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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