Aadhya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AAD-ya
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #536 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #960 for girls
Aadhya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “first; the beginning”. In 2025 it ranked 536th for girls in the UK (81 babies) and 960th for girls in the US (268 babies).
What does Aadhya mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Adya
“first; the beginning”
From Sanskrit adya, 'first'; in Hinduism Adya Shakti, the primordial power, is a title of the goddess Devi.
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Is Aadhya a girl's or a boy's name?
Aadhya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 81 girls in the UK and 268 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aadhya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #536among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 81about 1 in 3,400 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 137% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 81 girls in the UK were named Aadhya, making it the 536th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,009th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 91 girls.
Half of all the girls named Aadhya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 115 girls in the UK were given Aadhya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #401, up from #536 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 490th in England and Wales.
Aadhya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | #536 |
| 2024 | 91 | #492 |
| 2023 | 51 | #768 |
| 2022 | 55 | #728 |
| 2021 | 35 | #1,054 |
| 2020 | 36 | #1,009 |
| 2019 | 26 | #1,332 |
| 2018 | 32 | #1,148 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,186 |
| 2016 | 35 | #1,073 |
| 2015 | 29 | #1,244 |
| 2014 | 33 | #1,131 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,727 |
| 2012 | 15 | #2,005 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
How popular is Aadhya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #960among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 268about 1 in 6,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 268 girls in the US were named Aadhya, making it the 960th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,085th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 291 girls. It first appears in the records in 2007.
Half of all the girls named Aadhya in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 426 girls in the US were given Aadhya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #674, up from #960 for this spelling alone.
Aadhya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 268 | #960 |
| 2024 | 277 | #948 |
| 2023 | 255 | #996 |
| 2022 | 268 | #987 |
| 2021 | 209 | #1,169 |
| 2020 | 225 | #1,085 |
| 2019 | 249 | #1,029 |
| 2018 | 246 | #1,044 |
| 2017 | 291 | #919 |
| 2016 | 284 | #955 |
| 2015 | 265 | #1,011 |
| 2014 | 249 | #1,040 |
| 2013 | 172 | #1,351 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,831 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,172 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
Names like Aadhya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arya Aarya Prisha Aavya Anvika Navya Saanvi Aaradhya Aanya Anvi Aarvi Viha
Other spellings of Aadhya
Names related to Aadhya
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aadhya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aadhya, updated 20 October 2026.