Maitri
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MY-tree
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Maitri is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “friendship, loving-kindness”. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Maitri mean?
Sanskrit: from maitri
“friendship, loving-kindness”
In Buddhism maitri, or metta in Pali, is the practice of loving-kindness toward all beings.
Is Maitri a girl's or a boy's name?
Maitri is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Maitri in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #11,928among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Maitri, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2007, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had more girls named Maitri than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Maitri in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Maitri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
Names like Maitri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avani Dhriti Saanvi Sanvi Armani Avni Meenakshi Yuri Krishvi Suki Tanvi Miyori
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Maitri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/maitri, updated 20 October 2026.