Hriday
Boy · HRI-day · Sanskrit
Hriday is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “heart”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Hriday mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit hridaya
“heart”
Sanskrit hridaya, heart, also appears in the title of the Buddhist Heart Sutra, the Prajnaparamita Hridaya.
- Say it
- HRI-day
Is Hriday a girl's or a boy's name?
Hriday is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hriday in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Hriday, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,025th.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Hriday of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Hriday in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Hriday in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Hriday in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,512among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 960% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Hriday, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. It first appears in the records in 2004.
2025 had the most boys named Hriday of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Hriday in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hriday in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
Names like Hriday
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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