Srinivas

Boys' name

Down + dwelling, seat, through श्रीनिवास

Srinivas has been given to 79 babies in the U.S. since 1968. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1968, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Srinivas, 2017

1 in 715,000

Srinivas over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Srinivas: meaning, origin, and history

Down + dwelling, seat, through श्रीनिवास

Sanskrit

What Srinivas means

Srinivas belongs to the name family reached through Srinivas → श्रीनिवास. Its meaning is “down + dwelling, seat”.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Sanskrit श्रीनिवास (śrīnivāsa, “abode of Shri”) from श्री (śrī) + निवास (nivāsa).

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Origin, language, and formation

Srinivas is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Srinivas comes through Sanskrit श्रीनिवास.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include श्रीनिवास.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 79 boys were recorded with the name Srinivas between 1968 and 2017. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1968; its best national rank was #3,627 in 1968.

How common is Srinivas?

Srinivas had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2017, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2017: 1 in 715,000; 5 of 3,577,106 births
Among boys only: 1 in 370,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2017: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 495,893 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Srinivas sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2017 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 495,893 children born in 2017 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Srinivas. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Srinivass were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Srinivas was born before 1985 — so the typical Srinivas is around 40 today.

Median birth year: 1985; About 40 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 25.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 41.8%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 79; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 25.3% of all recorded uses (20).

Is Srinivas 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: 0%; Peak was 1968 (7)
Years since peak: 57; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Steady; 6.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,627; 1968

Srinivas by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,627; 1968
Peak year: 1968; 7 that year
First recorded: 1968
Last recorded: 2017
All-time count: 79
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Srinivas

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

Sriyansh Sriansh Srihaan Sriman Srivatsa Sricharan Srithan Srihith Sriyaan Srihari Sriharsha Srihaas Srithik Srinath Srinav Srikanth Sriyan Srihan Srikrishna Srivanth Srijan Sriram Sriniketh Sridhar

Sibling names for Srinivas

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

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For a brother

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