Mithran
Boy · MITH-run · Sanskrit
Mithran is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “friend”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Mithran mean?
Sanskrit: Tamil form of Mitra
“friend”
From Sanskrit mitra 'friend', also the name of a Vedic god linked with the sun.
- Say it
- MITH-run
Is Mithran a girl's or a boy's name?
Mithran is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Mithran in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,342among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 77% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Mithran, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Mithran of any year since it first appeared, in 2016.
Half of all the boys named Mithran in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Mithran in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
How popular is Mithran in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 52% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Mithran, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,037th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 33 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
2025 had fewer boys named Mithran than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Mithran in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mithran in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 20 | #4,882 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 18 | #5,037 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 33 | #3,369 |
| 2017 | 33 | #3,376 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
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