MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Yogi mean?
A yogin is a practitioner of yoga in Sanskrit literature. Yogi can denote a contemplative ascetic and also functions as an independent personal name.
Pronunciation
IAST: yogī
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
योगी
Letter-by-letter: yogī
Conventional spelling
Odia
ଯୋଗୀ
1,793 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Yogi in Indian usage
13,562 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (87.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,744 records (12.9%).
- Recorded as male: 11,818 records (87.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 755 |
| 1940s | 1,813 |
| 1950s | 2,976 |
| 1960s | 3,122 |
| 1970s | 2,312 |
| 1980s | 1,477 |
| 1990s | 900 |
| Other decades | 207 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 8,573 |
| Odisha | 1,906 |
| Gujarat | 1,287 |
| Maharashtra | 835 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 326 |
| Jharkhand | 187 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 110 |
| Other states | 338 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Yogi / M | 4 | 4,275 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Yogi; Table_6, C5111 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Yogi; Table_6, C5111
- Monier-Williams, yogin, p. 857,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.