Adhya
Adhya was the 5413th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2928th with 56 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,343 places. More babies were named Adhya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Aadhya) first; a name of Durga · Sanskrit
- Rank in 2025
- #5,413 girls, up 77 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 23girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 201856 babies
- Total since 1880
- 576babies recorded
What does the name Adhya mean?
Adhya is a spelling of Aadhya, pronounced the same way, so it shares Aadhya's meaning and origin.
Aadhya is an Indian girls' name of Sanskrit origin, usually connected with ādya (feminine ādyā), 'being at the beginning, first', from ādi 'beginning'. Monier-Williams also gives the senses 'unparalleled, excellent' and records Ādyā as a name of the goddess Durgā. Wiktionary lists Aadhya as a variant of Adhya, from Sanskrit, without naming the source word.
आद्य (Sanskrit, “first, being at the beginning; excellent”)आद्या (Sanskrit, “a name of Durga”)
How sure is this? Probable. Wiktionary does not name the Sanskrit word; the 'first / Durga' reading is the one that fits a personal name.
See also: Sanskrit and Indian names.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Aadhya', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Wiktionary, entry 'आद्य' (Sanskrit section), Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), s.v. 'ādya, ādyā' (Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries), Oxford, Clarendon Press (public domain); digitized by University of Cologne
Adhya popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,413 | 23 |
| 2020 | #5,490 | 22 |
| 2010 | #6,385 | 20 |
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How popular is Adhya, counting every spelling?
Adhya is a spelling of Aadhya, a name family that ranked #881 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #5,413 for Adhya on its own. Together these spellings went to 291 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aadhya | 268 | #960 | 1,277 |
| Adhya | 23 | #5,413 | 160 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Adhya?
23 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Adhya (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Adhya born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 363 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Adhya.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Adhya?
About 600 people born in the US named Adhya are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 5 and 13. That makes Adhya a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Adhya by state
How common Adhya was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Adhya: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Adhya, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Adhya
What does Adhya mean?
Adhya is a spelling of Aadhya, which means “first; a name of Durga” (Sanskrit origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Adhya?
Adhya was the 5413th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 23 babies. Its best year was 2018, when it ranked 2928th with 56 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 1,343 places. More babies were named Adhya in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Adhya a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Adhya in the US.
Where is Adhya most popular?
In 2021–2025, Adhya was most common in California (0.03 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and Texas.