Amrita
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Amrita is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “immortal”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Amrita mean?
Sanskrit
“immortal”
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Amrita a girl's or a boy's name?
Amrita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Amrita in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 63% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Amrita, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 38 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Amrita since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Amrita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Amrita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 15 | #2,000 |
| 2017 | 22 | #1,541 |
| 2016 | 19 | #1,724 |
| 2015 | 23 | #1,474 |
| 2014 | 23 | #1,452 |
| 2013 | 33 | #1,142 |
| 2012 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2011 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,475 |
| 2009 | 36 | #976 |
| 2008 | 33 | #1,015 |
| 2007 | 25 | #1,204 |
| 2006 | 32 | #975 |
| 2005 | 32 | #918 |
| 2004 | 32 | #910 |
| 2003 | 30 | #916 |
| 2002 | 32 | #829 |
| 2001 | 36 | #751 |
| 2000 | 35 | #750 |
| 1999 | 35 | #738 |
| 1998 | 38 | #717 |
| 1997 | 30 | #840 |
| 1996 | 32 | #778 |
How popular is Amrita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Amrita, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1999, with 38 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Amrita in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Amrita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 7 | #12,459 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 34 | #4,264 |
| 2005 | 34 | #4,114 |
| 2004 | 33 | #4,168 |
| 2003 | 38 | #3,651 |
| 2002 | 35 | #3,726 |
| 2001 | 32 | #3,936 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,448 |
| 1999 | 38 | #3,310 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 32 | #3,544 |
| 1996 | 30 | #3,627 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 31 | #3,531 |
| 1993 | 30 | #3,580 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 28 | #3,716 |
| 1990 | 32 | #3,359 |
| 1989 | 27 | #3,667 |
| 1988 | 25 | #3,685 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 7 | #8,126 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
Names like Amrita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Amrita
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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, “Amrita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/amrita, updated 20 October 2026.