Nithya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NIT-yah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Nithya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “eternal, constant”. In 2025 it ranked 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Nithya mean?
Sanskrit: South Indian spelling of Nitya
“eternal, constant”
From Sanskrit nitya 'eternal'; the th spelling reflects a common South Indian way of writing the sound.
Is Nithya a girl's or a boy's name?
Nithya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nithya in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 4 girls.
Nithya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 2 | #5,792 |
How popular is Nithya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,098among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Nithya, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 50 girls. It first appears in the records in 1981.
2025 had more girls named Nithya than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Nithya in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nithya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,019 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 32 | #4,383 |
| 2016 | 43 | #3,588 |
| 2015 | 45 | #3,478 |
| 2014 | 45 | #3,484 |
| 2013 | 50 | #3,217 |
| 2012 | 33 | #4,385 |
| 2011 | 32 | #4,465 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 34 | #4,369 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 42 | #3,505 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 27 | #4,663 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 7 | #10,831 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 6 | #11,771 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
Names like Nithya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Navya Prisha Arya Aadhya Kavya Aarya Aavya Priya Saanvi Vanya Viha Krisha
Names related to Nithya
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
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, “Nithya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/nithya, updated 20 October 2026.