Given name & surname
Sriram
“the divine Rama”
Sriram is used as a given name and a surname. One Sanskrit interpretation is “the divine Rama.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Sanskrit interpretation is “the divine Rama.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Sanskrit.
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
Sriram through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 621
- 621 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 37 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #6,750 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −36%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,750 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 35.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 37 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,067 as a first name in 2020; 1,651 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Sriram’s family of names
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Sriram
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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