# Aditya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aditya/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | Adit |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,405 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 5,400 / 5 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 863, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit आदित्य (ādityá).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 5 | 16,144 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 225 | 902 |
| 2012 | 207 | 970 |
| 2013 | 218 | 933 |
| 2014 | 190 | 1,049 |
| 2015 | 159 | 1,168 |
| 2016 | 157 | 1,203 |
| 2017 | 150 | 1,219 |
| 2018 | 142 | 1,291 |
| 2019 | 114 | 1,494 |
| 2020 | 93 | 1,687 |
| 2021 | 71 | 2,060 |
| 2022 | 75 | 2,022 |
| 2023 | 79 | 1,954 |
| 2024 | 69 | 2,133 |
| 2025 | 83 | 1,886 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 55 | 621 |
| 2012 | 48 | 695 |
| 2013 | 47 | 692 |
| 2014 | 44 | 730 |
| 2015 | 33 | 903 |
| 2016 | 20 | 1,319 |
| 2017 | 39 | 818 |
| 2018 | 28 | 1,013 |
| 2019 | 33 | 894 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 28 | 1,042 |
| 2024 | 22 | 1,235 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,153 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.