Lalitha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LUH-li-tah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Lalitha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “playful, charming”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Lalitha mean?
Sanskrit: South Indian spelling of Lalita
“playful, charming”
Lalita is a name of the Hindu goddess Tripura Sundari, praised in the Lalita Sahasranama.
Is Lalitha a girl's or a boy's name?
Lalitha is a girls' name.
How popular is Lalitha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 9 girls. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the girls named Lalitha in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lalitha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 9 | #10,915 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
Names like Lalitha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Adhara, Arya, Akshara, Avani, Prisha, Anvika, Aadhya, Nirvana, Varnika, Yashna, Viha, Avira
Names related to Lalitha
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, “Lalitha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lalitha, updated 20 October 2026.