Most Popular Indian Baby Names
Choosing a name with Indian origins for a baby in the US or for a baby who you see (and don’t all moms dream!) of working in an international arena poses an interesting problem. Other than traditional considerations such as beautiful sound and meaning, or first alphabet or astrological recommendations, we now you have to look for a name that will be easy on American tongues and whose spelling and pronunciation won’t be butchered too ruthlessly. To help, here is the list of top Indian baby names for the US including both boy names and girl names. If you are going through a dillemma, Khushi debates the issue here.
The list is best on trends we are seeing in the community, as well as the Social Security Adminstration’s list of top baby names for the decade in America. Scroll below to see the list of Indian names or names that sound Indian, or have Indian meanings in the SSA’s list of top baby names.
Bloggermoms Top 10 List of Most Popular Indian Baby Names for the Decade (Based on SSA’s list and independent research)
TOP 10 INDIAN BABY NAMES FOR BOYS
Deven
Ishaan
Neil
Aryan
Rohan
Arnav
Nikhil
Arjun
Armaan
Suraj
Some others which came close: Kabir, Rahul, Arya, Rishi, Aarav, Sanjay
TOP 10 INDIAN BABY NAMES FOR GIRLS
Anya
Arushi
Aditi
Shreya
Anjali
Kavya
Nisha (Nishi)
Diya
Riya
Ruhi
Others which came close to making the top 10: Asha, Arna, Ashna
Below are the lists of the most popular Indian baby boy names and girls names that were featured on the Social Security Administration’s list of top 1000 US baby names based on applications for social security cards. The format used below shows the name and its rank on the list.
Most Popular Indian Baby Boy Names for the decade (From Social Security Administrations’ List of Top Baby names for the Decade)
Devin (83) – Deven (547)
Amir (343)
Jay (352)
Neil (594)
Aryan (774)
Samir (790)
Arjun (803)
Nikhil (824)
Aditya (834)
Pranav (866)
Arnav (970)
Most Popular Indian Baby Boy Names for the decade (From Social Security Administrations’ List of Top Baby names for the Decade)
Maya (79)
Nina (252)
Aniyah (285)
Tara (351)
Hailly (408)
Anya (453)
Ayanna (467) and variations
Anika (524)
Sonia (576)
Aria (681)
Aisha (683)
Chaya (742)
Saniya (756)
Amiya (795)
Kaiya (799)
Raina (811)
Mira (910)
Mina (946)
Anita (990)
Some Indian names like Jasmine appears in many forms and spellings such as Jazmin, Yasmin, on the list but we don’t see a trend in the community. Some like Hailly (or Hailey) are very popular and have meanings in specific Indian Languages – Hailly means a small wave in Gujarati.
You can access the whole list from SSA here. What do you think? What names are you seeing?
Read Khushi’s dilemma on choosing a name and Maya’s list of baby names here.
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I like Sanjay and for girls Mia
I like the name Seeona
I’ve always been partial to Arjun for boys, and didn’t know it was so popular. My favorite for a girl is Aarohi, Ishani or Maya.
I most like the name ARNAV
i like the name Diya for a baby girl and Aryan for a baby bot
Came to yuor web blog through Google. You know I am signing up to your rss.
My name’s Aditi, and people here pronounce it as “UhDeeDee”… No matter how hard I try, I can’t get people to say it right
no 1 ever pronounces my name correct sometimes my dad gets it wrong
Hey guys, can any one suggest best modern names staring with “M”???
hi… i like RISHI & ADITHI
I like shreya
suggest me baby boy name please – start with “S” or “V’
Veer, sameer
Hi….looking for a name for my baby boy….Something starting with A……or something connected with the Sun…..
arnav supppppppprb name thankx
What does my name Vijay?
I found my name mean is Vicory at Babynology
Is is correct?
Vijay Means Victory !!!!
Aarnav , Aaryan and Aarav is the bestest name in US….any one can pronounce right
I like all the names but eventually I named my son as SAMANYU! It won my heart over Ishan. Eventually both the names have same meaning!
Aabha & Aaryan !!!
I named my daughter Asha.. We r having number 2 and I’m at a loss! Thinking vivek or nikhil but any opinions on ravi?
I Like twins boy and girl name shrey and shreya
ishaan is best as well as shreyan
I short listed few baby boy names… please tell me your thoughts on selecting one name
Vedh
Aarush
Arnav
Sohan
My nigga neil
my behalf boy name gurguri
my behalf girl name chutari
Here are some suggestions for boy names:
Ved
Ronav
Sameer
Vimal
Tej
Some suggestions for girl names:
Diya
Jyothsana
Manasvi
Ayushi
Check out this really cool iPhone app for Indian baby names. Its called Namika and is available for download from the app store:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/namika/id492292056?mt=8
Tons of lovely indian baby names. Also, it has features such as marking favorites and sharing favorites with friends via email.