Brinda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BRIN-da
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #13,203 for girls
Brinda is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “holy basil”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Brinda mean?
Sanskrit: form of Vrinda
“holy basil”
A form of Vrinda, a name for Tulsi, the holy basil plant sacred to Hindus.
Is Brinda a girl's or a boy's name?
Brinda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Brinda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 13,203rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Brinda, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1952, with 98 girls. It first appears in the records in 1939.
Half of all the girls named Brinda in the US since 1880 were born between 1952 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Brinda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 8 | #12,423 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 10 | #6,318 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 18 | #3,677 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 13 | #4,458 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 17 | #3,576 |
| 1969 | 30 | #2,350 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 32 | #2,079 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,882 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,635 |
| 1964 | 51 | #1,593 |
| 1963 | 53 | #1,546 |
| 1962 | 66 | #1,359 |
| 1961 | 79 | #1,242 |
| 1960 | 61 | #1,404 |
| 1959 | 56 | #1,434 |
| 1958 | 77 | #1,210 |
| 1957 | 80 | #1,176 |
| 1956 | 97 | #1,039 |
| 1955 | 69 | #1,208 |
| 1954 | 73 | #1,163 |
| 1953 | 74 | #1,129 |
| 1952 | 98 | #934 |
| 1951 | 88 | #995 |
| 1950 | 72 | #1,081 |
| 1949 | 61 | #1,164 |
| 1948 | 55 | #1,222 |
| 1947 | 57 | #1,192 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,646 |
| 1945 | 25 | #1,659 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,741 |
| 1943 | 26 | #1,663 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
Names like Brinda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lana, Brenda, Darla, Linda, Karla, Lisa, Diana, Paula, Rebecca, Tara, Jana, Melissa
Names related to Brinda
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Brinda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/brinda, updated 20 October 2026.