Nakshatra is from the Sanskrit नक्षत्र (Nakṣatra — star, lunar mansion, asterism) — from Sanskrit nak (night) + kṣetra (region). Nakshatra is one of the Sanskrit feminine names — central to traditional Hindu Vedic + astrological heritage. Sanskrit feminine name reflecting Vedic astronomical heritage.
Nakshatra does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.
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In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Nakshatra reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.