Indian Baby Names
Names from the modern languages of the Indian subcontinent — Hindi, Tamil, Bengali, Urdu, Punjabi and more. The classical Sanskrit names that many of these descend from have their own page.
| Save name | Name & meaning | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Amber gemstone or color; sky in the Hindi name tradition | 576#520 | Down 10 rank positions in five years | 1986 | ||
Jaybird or J-name short form in English; victory in Sanskrit | 809#392 | Down 12 rank positions in five years | 1960 | ||
Sound; loud noise | 377#710 | Down 72 rank positions in five years | 2015 | ||
Affection, love, through नेहा | 22#5,661 | Down 222 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
God, the celestial one, through देव | 126#1,427 | Up 211 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Possibly sun; day; reddish; red horses of Agni, through आरुष | 99#1,668 | Down 465 rank positions in five years | 2010 | ||
Memory, remembering, repetition, through ਸਿਮਰਨ | 26#5,081 | Down 1,311 rank positions in five years | 2001 | ||
Jaybird or J-name short form in English; victory in Sanskrit | 9#10,448 | Down 1,821 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
Worship | —Unranked | — | 1997 | ||
Indestructible, through अक्षय | 14#6,155 | Down 1,615 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Agreeable, amiable | 6#14,514 | Down 8,710 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
The sun | 13#6,751 | Down 504 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Indestructible | 14#6,172 | Down 699 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Bull, ox, through ऋषभ | 19#5,158 | Up 27 rank positions in five years | 2006 | ||
Amber gemstone or color; sky in the Hindi name tradition | —Unranked | — | 1988 | ||
Having no lord/master | 5#12,147 | Down 6,152 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Enlightened | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
Scent, perfume, through আবির | 30#3,657 | Down 1,152 rank positions in five years | 2021 | ||
Success, accomplishment | 22#5,672 | Up 1,819 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Form of Madhava | 34#3,417 | Up 1,960 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition | 25#5,101 | Down 455 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Holy basil | 35#4,161 | Up 475 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
Lotus | —Unranked | — | 2001 | ||
Sleep, sleeping, through सपना | 5#16,849 | new | 1985 | ||
A lamp, light, through दीपक | —Unranked | — | 1980 | ||
Priceless | 6#10,782 | Down 2,666 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
To live | —Unranked | — | 1992 | ||
Satisfaction, fulfillment, through Riza | 14#6,363 | Up 2,210 rank positions in five years | 1995 | ||
Black, through கண்ணன் | 17#5,497 | Up 73 rank positions in five years | 2018 | ||
Faithful, through مومِن | 19#5,144 | Down 1,043 rank positions in five years | 2020 | ||
Belonging to the mind or spirit, mental, spiritual, through मानस | 10#8,012 | new | 2002 | ||
Priceless | —Unranked | — | 2000 | ||
Place name used as a given name; older meaning unconfirmed | 5#12,180 | new | 2008 | ||
Without grief | 5#12,196 | new | 1975 | ||
Full moon | —Unranked | — | 1986 | ||
New, fresh + eternal | —Unranked | — | 1992 | ||
Cold, chilly, through शीतल | —Unranked | — | 1981 | ||
A friend, play-fellow, companion, through अर्यमन् | —Unranked | — | 2008 | ||
Transliteration of प | —Unranked | — | 2018 | ||
Boundless, infinite | 8#8,982 | Down 851 rank positions in five years | 2017 | ||
Humility, meekness, submission, through नम्रता | —Unranked | — | 2004 | ||
Alternate transcription of Punit | —Unranked | — | 2008 | ||
Alternate transcription of Punit | —Unranked | — | 2004 | ||
Memory, remembering, repetition, through ਸਿਮਰਨ | —Unranked | — | 1998 | ||
Enlightened | —Unranked | — | 1990 | ||
Lord of the sun | —Unranked | — | 1975 | ||
Scent, perfume, through আবির | —Unranked | — | 1990 | ||
(that which) causes binding, through मितुल | —Unranked | — | 1991 | ||
Variant of Ravindra | —Unranked | — | 1987 |
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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.
Names are included when their documented origin matches Indian. The list shows up to 100 names for each sex, ordered by current popularity. Origin records are derived from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); coverage reflects documented records, not every name in the language. Rankings and counts come from official SSA birth records. “—” means fewer than five published applications for that sex and year.