Sanskrit Names
Sanskrit-rooted names have continued into many South Asian languages, often with more than one spelling in English. Compare these spellings using U.S. birth records, which do not measure popularity in other countries.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1935. | —Unranked | — | 1975 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1976. | 1,301#265 | Up 30 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1967. | 615#490 | Up 70 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1969. | 306#812 | Down 7 rank positions in five years | 2004 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1964. | 65#2,652 | Down 494 rank positions in five years | 2005 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1990. | 266#895 | Down 49 rank positions in five years | 2019 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1971. | 44#2,868 | Down 829 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1959. | 122#1,460 | Down 270 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1974. | 207#1,059 | Up 154 rank positions in five years | 2023 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1991. | 119#1,714 | Down 264 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1980. | 62#2,772 | Down 741 rank positions in five years | 2003 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1964. | 63#2,230 | Down 452 rank positions in five years | 2011 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1968. | 30#4,559 | Down 380 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1898. | 175#1,282 | Down 88 rank positions in five years | 2016 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975. | 339#806 | Up 236 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1964. | —Unranked | — | 1989 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1995. | 52#3,105 | Down 1,527 rank positions in five years | 2008 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1969. | 84#2,204 | Down 271 rank positions in five years | 2007 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1998. | 124#1,666 | Down 133 rank positions in five years | 2014 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1977. | 63#2,719 | Down 584 rank positions in five years | 2009 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1966. | 8#9,494 | Up 846 rank positions in five years | 2000 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1970. | 155#1,272 | Up 344 rank positions in five years | 2025 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1975. | 49#2,675 | Down 22 rank positions in five years | 2002 | ||
Sanskrit-rooted name; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 2006. | 108#1,584 | Down 326 rank positions in five years | 2015 |
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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.