Adhiran
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AH-dih-run
- Origin
- Tamil
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,799 for boys
Adhiran is a boys' name of Tamil origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies) and 6,799th for boys in the US (12 babies).
What does Adhiran mean?
Tamil: spelling of Aadhiran
A modern Tamil boy's name, used mainly by families from Tamil Nadu and Sri Lanka.
Meaning borrowed from Aadhiran.
Is Adhiran a girl's or a boy's name?
Adhiran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK and 12 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Adhiran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Adhiran, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd.
2025 had the most boys named Adhiran of any year since it first appeared, in 2018.
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were given Adhiran or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,396, up from #2,742 for this spelling alone.
- Aadhiran 9
- Adhiran 8
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Adhiran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
How popular is Adhiran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,799th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 140,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the US were named Adhiran, making it the 6,799th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. It first appears in the records in 2020.
2025 had the most boys named Adhiran of any year since it first appeared, in 2020.
Half of all the boys named Adhiran in the US since 1880 were born between 2021 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Adhiran in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #6,799 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
Nicknames for Adhiran
- Aadhi 3 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Adhiran
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aviraj, Avyaan, Arjan, Aathiran, Aadhav, Aarav, Avitaj, Avi, Shivansh, Ivaan, Krishiv, Advik
Other spellings of Adhiran
Names related to Adhiran
Adrian, Adriano, Adrin, Adryan, Aydrian, Adrain, Adriann, Adorian
More Tamil names
Nila, Iniya, Nilah, Kavin, Venba, Athiran, Kayal, Oviya, Kalai, Kannan, Valli, Nithila, Iniyan, Yazhini
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, “Adhiran: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/adhiran, updated 20 October 2026.