# Siddhartha (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/siddhartha/  
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 | “achievement”, “meaning”, “purpose” |
| Pronunciation | /sɪˈdɑɹtə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Sidharth, Siddharth |
| US babies named this | 534 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 534 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 78, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सिद्धार्थ (siddhārtha, “one who has accomplished an aim or object, successful, prosperous”), from सिद्ध (siddha, “achievement”) + अर्थ (artha, “meaning, purpose”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 13 | 6,529 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,109 |
| 2013 | 16 | 5,618 |
| 2014 | 22 | 4,511 |
| 2015 | 33 | 3,420 |
| 2016 | 25 | 4,182 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,724 |
| 2018 | 16 | 5,739 |
| 2019 | 27 | 3,981 |
| 2020 | 13 | 6,571 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,731 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,196 |
| 2023 | 10 | 8,173 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,769 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,600 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2007 | 3 | 4,333 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,404 |
| 2021 | 6 | 3,017 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 辛達塔 /辛达塔, 悉達多 /悉达多
- Hindi: सिद्धार्थ
- Japanese: シッダールタ
- Korean: 싯다르타
- Portuguese: Sidarta
- Russian: Сиддха́ртха
- Vietnamese: Tất-đạt-đa

## 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.