Vrinda
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VRIN-da
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,237 for girls
Vrinda is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “holy basil (tulsi)”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 5,237th for girls in the US (24 babies).
What does Vrinda mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit Vrinda
“holy basil (tulsi)”
Vrinda is a name of the holy basil plant and gives its name to Vrindavan, the town of Krishna's childhood.
Is Vrinda a girl's or a boy's name?
Vrinda is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 24 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vrinda in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,409th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 55% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Vrinda, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Vrinda in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Vrinda in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,381 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
How popular is Vrinda in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,237th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 24 about 1 in 67,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 126% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 24 girls in the US were named Vrinda, making it the 5,237th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Vrinda in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vrinda in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #5,237 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 13 | #8,295 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
Names like Vrinda
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Viha, Arya, Aadhya, Varnika, Krisha, Vihana, Aarya, Vanya, Navya, Vaani, Dhyana
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, “Vrinda: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vrinda, updated 20 October 2026.