Chaudhry
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- CHOWD-ree
- Origin
- Hindi
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Chaudhry is a boys' name of Hindi origin, meaning “headman, landholder”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Chaudhry mean?
Hindi: South Asian title for a landholder or village headman
“headman, landholder”
A hereditary title for landowners and village headmen in Punjab and northern India, now mostly a surname.
Is Chaudhry a girl's or a boy's name?
Chaudhry is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Chaudhry in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 88% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Chaudhry, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Chaudhry in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Chaudhry in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 6 | #1,941 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
Names like Chaudhry
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Gurbaaz, Shivay, Avyaan, Ravi, Rivaan, Navy, Shivansh, Ivaan, Krishiv, Gurvansh, Dhruvansh, Aarvik
More Hindi names
Prisha, Saanvi, Meera, Riya, Jiya, Diya, Reyansh, Sai, Shanaya, Neev, Aarush, Samaira, Rishaan, Sanaya, Tulsi, Muskan
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Chaudhry: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chaudhry, updated 20 October 2026.