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Aditya

Boys' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~5,300 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,886 among boys
Births in 2025
83 5,405 since 1880
Typical age
17 years, median

Aditya popularity over time

Aditya rank by birth year, 1979–2025Aditya ranked #5,355 in 1979 and #1,886 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #706, in 2008.#1,000#1,886best #706 in 200819801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1979–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 2008: 331 births recorded as Aditya. 1979 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. Aditya has ranked inside the top 1,000 in 13 years.

The 2025 position is #1,886, on 83 births. The ten-year change is -48%. Year on year the rank improved by 247.

Babies named Aditya per yearPeaks at 331 births in 2008.331 in 2008019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Aditya?

Roughly 5,300 Adityas are alive in the US right now. That is out of 5,405 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Aditya?

The typical living Aditya is 17 years old. More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Aditya a millennial-era name.

Your Aditya

Ages of living people named AdityaHalf of living Adityas are older than 17 and half younger.median 1702040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Aditya is most common

The name is concentrated in New Jersey, at 3.5× the national rate. Washington, Massachusetts and California follow.

Where Aditya is used more than average5 states use the name Aditya more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 2.6× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 1.6× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 3.5× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.7× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: 1.8× the national rateMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Aditya is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 81 3.5×
Washington 49 2.6×
Massachusetts 28 1.8×
California 189 1.7×
New York 83 1.6×

Aditya in England and Wales

ONS recorded 25 births named Aditya in 2025, ranking it #1,153. That is 32% higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Aditya comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit आदित्य.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Aditya

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Aditya Roy Kapur Indian actor 1985 34
Aditya Chopra Indian film director and producer 1971 29
Aditya Dhar Indian director 1983 15
Aditya Seal Indian actor 1988 14
Aditya Srivastava Indian actor 1968 13
Aditya Mehta Indian snooker player 1985 12
Aditya Singh Rajput Indian actor 1990–2023 9
Aditya Assarat Thai film director 1972 9
Photo credits (7)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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