Given name

Sridevi

Sridevi is a feminine given name from Tamil.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Sridevi comes from Tamil.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Tamil ஶ்ரீதேவி.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Sridevi through the years

Babies since 1880
7
0 boys · 7 girls
Most popular year
1972
7 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
0246198020002025Highest share 19720.0
Sridevi in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1972–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 7 in 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,367 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.

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Sibling ideas

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