Given name
Uday
“our son has arrived”
Uday is used as a given name. One Indian interpretation is “our son has arrived.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “our son has arrived.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Uday through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 250
- 250 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 14 babies
- 2025
- 10
- #8,203 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +59%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 10 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 8,203 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,385 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.
Uday’s family of names
Uday has a related form in Udai. Uday has a related form in Udae. Uday has a related form in Udaye.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Uday
- Uday HusseinIraqi politician and son of Saddam Hussein (1964–2003)
- Uday ChopraIndian actor, film director and producerborn 1973
- Oday DabbaghPalestinian association football player (born 1998)
- Adi ibn ZaydArab poet (550-600)
- Uday ShankarIndian dancer, choreographer, and actor (1900-1977)
- Uday KotakExecutive Vice Chairman and Managing Director of Kotak Mahindra Bankborn 1959
- Uday Umesh Lalit49th Chief Justice of Indiaborn 1957
- Uday PrakashIndian journalist, author and film producerborn 1952
- Uday KiranIndian film actor (1998–2014)1980–2014
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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