Nandi
Girl · NAN-dee
Nandi is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Nandi mean?
Zulu, as borne by the mother of Shaka; also Sanskrit nandi 'joy'
Nandi was the mother of Shaka, the 19th-century Zulu king; in Hinduism Nandi is also Shiva's sacred bull.
- Say it
- NAN-dee
Is Nandi a girl's or a boy's name?
Nandi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nandi in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nandi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nandi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
How popular is Nandi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Nandi, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,755th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 54 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Nandi in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nandi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 13 | #8,050 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 27 | #4,755 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 18 | #6,852 |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 19 | #6,050 |
| 2002 | 24 | #4,902 |
| 2001 | 27 | #4,442 |
| 2000 | 27 | #4,395 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,714 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,812 |
| 1996 | 37 | #3,144 |
| 1995 | 38 | #3,017 |
| 1994 | 32 | #3,443 |
| 1993 | 34 | #3,285 |
| 1992 | 52 | #2,454 |
| 1991 | 54 | #2,350 |
| 1990 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,330 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
Names like Nandi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Anvi Nirvi Aarvi Dhriti Prisha Tanvi Sanvi Aashvi Yashvi Dhanvi Pranshi