Sri
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- SHREE
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,206 for girls
Unisex
Sri is a name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “radiance; prosperity”. In 2025 it ranked 2,206th for girls in the UK (13 babies).
What does Sri mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit word and honorific
“radiance; prosperity”
A Sanskrit honorific meaning splendour or prosperity, and also a name of the goddess Lakshmi.
Is Sri a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Sri has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 5 boys in the UK.
How popular is Sri in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,206among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the UK were named Sri, making it the 2,206th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. 5 boys were also named Sri in 2025 (3,747th for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Sri of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Sri in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 34 girls in the UK were given Sri or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #950, up from #2,206 for this spelling alone.
- Shree 21
- Sri 13
In 2025, 72% of the babies named Sri in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,137th in England and Wales.
Sri in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 1 | #7,592 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
How popular is Sri in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2006, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Sri in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sri in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
Names like Sri
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Sanvi Dhriti Dhanvi Yashvi Krishvi Tanvi Shanvi Kashvi Vaani Sharvi Anvi
Other spellings of Sri
Names related to Sri
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, “Sri: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sri, updated 20 October 2026.