Madhavi

#14,265 in 2025Girls' name

Feminine form of Madhava

Madhavi has been given to 105 babies in the U.S. since 1970. In 2025 it ranked #14,265 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 1977, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Madhavi, 2025

1 in 553,000

Madhavi over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Madhavi: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Madhava

Sanskrit

What Madhavi means

Madhavi is a feminine form of Madhava.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Madhavi is used in Hinduism, Telugu, Marathi and Hindi.

Origin, language, and formation

Madhavi is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Madhava.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 105 girls were recorded with the name Madhavi between 1970 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1977; its best national rank was #6,119 in 1970.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Madhavi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 268,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #14,265; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Madhavi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Madhavi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Madhavis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Madhavi was born before 1997 — so the typical Madhavi is around 28 today.

Median birth year: 1997; About 28 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 31.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 48.6%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 105; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 31.4% of all recorded uses (33).

Is Madhavi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 66.7%; Peak was 1977 (9)
Years since peak: 48; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 14.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,119; 1970

Spellings of Madhavi

Madhavi is not the most common spelling — Madai is, with 84.5% against Madhavi's 15.5%.

Madai84.5%571
Madhavi15.5%105

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Madhavi around the world

Where Madhavi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2011–2011
#5,785
in 2011
South Australia
2013–2013
#818
in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Madhavi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #14,265
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #6,119; 1970
Peak year: 1977; 9 that year
First recorded: 1970
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 105
Count in 2025: 6

Names similar to Madhavi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Madlynn Madinah Madalina Madellyn Madysson Madylyn Madolin Madisin Madalee Madelena Madysun Madeeha Madelein Madeleyn Madalen Maddyx Madicyn Madesyn Maddux Madysyn Madilee Madason Madhuri Madylan

Sibling names for Madhavi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Karie Karrie Kesha Tosha Jami Charissa Tressa Nakia

For a brother

Jerod Torrey Shon Scot Elizabeth Edwardo Tracey Andrea

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