Nidhi
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Nidhi is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Nidhi mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Nidhi a girl's or a boy's name?
Nidhi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nidhi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 22% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Nidhi, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 14 girls.
Half of all the girls named Nidhi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
Nidhi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,728 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 12 | #2,328 |
| 2014 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,599 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,393 |
| 2010 | 11 | #2,379 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 11 | #2,198 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 8 | #2,406 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 11 | #1,723 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Nidhi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Nidhi, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 76 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Nidhi in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nidhi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 16 | #6,917 |
| 2022 | 18 | #6,459 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 32 | #4,342 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2017 | 39 | #3,847 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,988 |
| 2014 | 44 | #3,547 |
| 2013 | 48 | #3,313 |
| 2012 | 47 | #3,418 |
| 2011 | 57 | #2,988 |
| 2010 | 72 | #2,538 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,965 |
| 2008 | 76 | #2,485 |
| 2007 | 76 | #2,457 |
| 2006 | 73 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 71 | #2,453 |
| 2004 | 60 | #2,707 |
| 2003 | 58 | #2,704 |
| 2002 | 56 | #2,706 |
| 2001 | 58 | #2,596 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 35 | #3,506 |
| 1998 | 33 | #3,570 |
| 1997 | 23 | #4,505 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 11 | #7,491 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,272 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,130 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,694 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
Names like Nidhi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi, Dhriti, Dhanvi, Yashvi, Sanvi, Tanvi, Kashvi, Krishvi, Anvi, Nirvi, Vaani, Vaishnavi
Names related to Nidhi
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, “Nidhi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nidhi, updated 20 October 2026.