Nandini
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Nandini is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “daughter, epithet of Durga”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Nandini mean?
Sanskrit
“daughter, epithet of Durga”
A female given name from Sanskrit
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nandini a girl's or a boy's name?
Nandini is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nandini in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Nandini, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nandini in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Nandini in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 6 | #3,133 |
| 2004 | 10 | #2,064 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 10 | #1,874 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #2,554 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Nandini in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,237among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Nandini, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,208th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 56 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
2025 had more girls named Nandini than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Nandini in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nandini in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,208 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 33 | #4,236 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 31 | #4,541 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 35 | #4,150 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 35 | #4,268 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,221 |
| 2007 | 47 | #3,481 |
| 2006 | 56 | #3,016 |
| 2005 | 51 | #3,077 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 46 | #3,183 |
| 2002 | 39 | #3,457 |
| 2001 | 31 | #4,021 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 16 | #6,185 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 8 | #9,580 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
Names like Nandini
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avani Vaishnavi Saanvi Dhriti Tanvi Sanvi Yashvi Dhanvi Kashvi Avni Ishani Vaani
Names related to Nandini
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Nandini: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nandini, updated 20 October 2026.