Given name
Yukta
“one who is attentive and adroit”
Yukta is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “one who is attentive and adroit.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who is attentive and adroit.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2000. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yukta through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 60
- 0 boys · 60 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #17,208 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 17,208 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yukta’s family of names
Yukta has a related form in Yuckta. Yukta has a related form in Yucktah. Yukta has a related form in Yucta.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Yukta
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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