Hindi Names

Explore names documented in Hindi naming traditions. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.

Save nameName & connection
History
1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled
Babies 2025 · rank5-year rank movementPeak year

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1880.

809#392
Down 12 rank positions in five years
1960

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2002.

377#710
Down 72 rank positions in five years
2015

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1969.

22#5,661
Down 222 rank positions in five years
2004

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1969.

126#1,427
Up 211 rank positions in five years
2009

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2002.

99#1,668
Down 465 rank positions in five years
2010

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1976.

—Unranked
—
1997

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1981.

14#6,155
Down 1,615 rank positions in five years
2008

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1983.

6#14,514
Down 8,710 rank positions in five years
1998

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975.

13#6,751
Down 504 rank positions in five years
2003

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1976.

14#6,172
Down 699 rank positions in five years
2003

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1992.

19#5,158
Up 27 rank positions in five years
2006

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975.

5#12,147
Down 6,152 rank positions in five years
2005

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1966.

—Unranked
—
1989

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1989.

22#5,672
Up 1,819 rank positions in five years
2007

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1992.

34#3,417
Up 1,960 rank positions in five years
2023

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1987.

35#4,161
Up 475 rank positions in five years
2024

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970.

—Unranked
—
2001

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970.

5#16,849
new
1985

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1961.

—Unranked
—
1992

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972.

—Unranked
—
1986

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1986.

—Unranked
—
1992

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972.

—Unranked
—
1981

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1983.

—Unranked
—
2004

Hindi-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975.

—Unranked
—
1979

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Sources & methodology

Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.

Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.

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