# Chaitanya (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/chaitanya/  
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 | “consciousness”, “spirit” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 166 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 166 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 15, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit चैतन्य (caitanya, “consciousness, spirit”).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 13 | 5,448 |
| 2003 | 5 | 11,158 |
| 2004 | 12 | 6,200 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,284 |
| 2006 | 10 | 7,520 |
| 2007 | 7 | 9,941 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,032 |
| 2009 | 13 | 6,493 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,260 |
| 2013 | 7 | 9,831 |
| 2014 | 6 | 10,958 |
| 2015 | 5 | 12,394 |
| 2016 | 6 | 10,975 |
| 2017 | 6 | 11,017 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,490 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: चैतन्य

## People named Chaitanya

- Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, 15th century Indian Vaishnavite saint

## 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.