Harshita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- HAR-shi-ta
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Harshita is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “joyful, delighted”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Harshita mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit harsha 'joy'
“joyful, delighted”
Hindu name from Sanskrit harsha 'joy, delight'.
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Is Harshita a girl's or a boy's name?
Harshita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Harshita in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Harshita, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 7 girls.
2025 had more girls named Harshita than any year since 2019.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Harshita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 4 | #4,494 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
How popular is Harshita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the girls named Harshita in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Harshita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 21 | #6,347 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 15 | #7,039 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
Names like Harshita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Divisha, Akshara, Hanvika, Radhika, Varnika, Viha, Anvika, Krisha, Priya, Saanvika, Vaishnavi
Names related to Harshita
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Harshita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/harshita, updated 20 October 2026.