Chaitra
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- CHY-tra
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Chaitra is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “the spring month of Chaitra”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Chaitra mean?
Sanskrit
“the spring month of Chaitra”
Chaitra is the first month of the Hindu lunar calendar, falling in March and April.
Is Chaitra a girl's or a boy's name?
Chaitra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chaitra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Chaitra, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1977.
2025 had fewer girls named Chaitra than any year since 2010.
Half of all the girls named Chaitra in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chaitra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
Names like Chaitra
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arya, Aadhya, Adhara, Yashna, Isla, Viha, Aitana, Aarya, Prisha, Yuna, Luna, Collins
Names related to Chaitra
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
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, “Chaitra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chaitra, updated 20 October 2026.