Uday
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Uday is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Uday mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Uday a girl's or a boy's name?
Uday is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Uday in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Uday, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2018, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Uday in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Uday in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
How popular is Uday in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Uday, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.
Half of all the boys named Uday in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Uday in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
Names like Uday
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ibrahim Musa Abdullah Mustafa Umar Yahya Hamza Zakariya Ayaan Zayd Rayyan
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, “Uday: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/uday, updated 20 October 2026.