Given name
Aditya
“of the sun”
Aditya is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “of the sun.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “of the sun.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aditya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,405
- 5,400 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 331 babies
- 2025
- 83
- #1,886 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −43%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 83 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,886 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 42.5% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 331 in 2008. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (13). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 9,207 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aditya’s family of names
In English usage, Aditya has a diminutive in Adi. In Indonesian usage, Aditya has an alternative spelling in Adithya. In Indonesian usage, Aditya has a related form in Adithya.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aditya has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Hindi roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aditya
- Aditya Roy KapurIndian actor (born 1985)
- Aditya ChopraIndian film director and producerborn 1971
- BadshahIndian rapper and singerborn 1985
- Aditya DharIndian directorborn 1983
- Aditya SealIndian actorborn 1988
- Adi ShankarIndian-American film producerborn 1985
- Aditya SrivastavaIndian actorborn 1968
- Aditya MehtaIndian snooker playerborn 1985
- Aaditya ThackerayIndian politicianborn 1990
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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