Given name

Prakriti

Prakriti is a feminine given name from Sanskrit.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Prakriti comes from Sanskrit.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Sanskrit प्रकृ॑ति.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2010. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Prakriti through the years

Babies since 1880
102
0 boys · 102 girls
Most popular year
2016
11 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
−53%
Cooling
024682025Highest share 20160.0
Prakriti in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2010–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 10 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 2016. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 325 as a first name in 2020.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Prakriti’s family of names

In English usage, Prakriti has a related form in PRAKRATI. In English usage, Prakriti has a related form in PRAKRATI.

Walk Prakriti’s family in the name graph

PrakritiPrakrati

The ring: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

Nicknames & forms 1

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

People named Prakriti

Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.

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Sibling ideas

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