Telugu Names

Explore names documented in Telugu 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

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1881.

370#739
Up 179 rank positions in five years
2024

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1961.

387#723
Up 205 rank positions in five years
2025

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1962.

—Unranked
—
1988

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1976.

29#3,764
Down 916 rank positions in five years
2001

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1969.

43#2,936
Up 262 rank positions in five years
2000

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1990.

11#7,196
Down 3,850 rank positions in five years
2008

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1977.

20#4,948
Down 1,495 rank positions in five years
2010

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972.

16#5,799
Down 385 rank positions in five years
2011

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1976.

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

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1993.

15#7,460
Down 2,307 rank positions in five years
2008

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1977.

23#5,527
Down 548 rank positions in five years
2016

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1981.

25#5,191
Up 1,938 rank positions in five years
2013

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1972.

—Unranked
—
2003

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1995.

—Unranked
—
2009

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1984.

6#10,779
Up 1,361 rank positions in five years
2004

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1989.

—Unranked
—
2002

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1980.

—Unranked
—
1999

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1976.

—Unranked
—
2008

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1997.

—Unranked
—
2006

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1973.

—Unranked
—
1983

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1966.

—Unranked
—
1975

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1988.

—Unranked
—
2005

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1989.

—Unranked
—
2000

Documented Telugu usage; this spelling appears in U.S. birth records from 1979.

—Unranked
—
1982

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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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