# Amrita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/amrita/  
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 | “immortal” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,027 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 1,027 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 733, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अमृत (amṛta, “immortal”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 24 | 5,723 |
| 2010 | 23 | 5,789 |
| 2011 | 22 | 5,953 |
| 2012 | 22 | 5,913 |
| 2013 | 24 | 5,506 |
| 2014 | 15 | 7,674 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,302 |
| 2016 | 10 | 10,164 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,480 |
| 2018 | 7 | 12,568 |
| 2019 | 9 | 10,549 |
| 2022 | 8 | 11,304 |
| 2023 | 6 | 13,585 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,192 |
| 2025 | 5 | 15,106 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 1,067 |
| 2012 | 31 | 1,099 |
| 2013 | 32 | 1,098 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,367 |
| 2015 | 23 | 1,405 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,635 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,457 |
| 2018 | 15 | 1,887 |
| 2019 | 20 | 1,497 |
| 2020 | 10 | 2,449 |
| 2021 | 8 | 2,942 |
| 2022 | 7 | 3,148 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,927 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: अमृत

## People named Amrita

- Amrita Shinde, cricketer

## 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.