Aditri
Feminine given name of Hindu origin referring to the sun's daughter.
Name Census estimates that about 234 living Americans carry the first name Aditri. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Aditri today is around 11 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Aditri births was 2017 (21 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Aditri. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
234
~ 1 in 1,464,762 Americans
Peak year
2017
21 babies that year
Average age
11
years old
2024 SSA rank
#13,464
Tracked since 2004
Popularity
Aditri: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Aditri from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2010s, with 147 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2010s peak, Aditri remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Aditri by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Aditri during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Aditris live
Origin
Meaning and history of Aditri
The name Aditri finds its origins in ancient Sanskrit, one of the oldest Indo-Aryan languages spoken in the Indian subcontinent. It is derived from the Sanskrit word "Aditi," which means boundless or infinite, and is often associated with the primordial cosmic goddess of the same name in Hindu mythology.
Aditi is a significant figure in the Vedas, the sacred scriptures of Hinduism. She is revered as the mother of the Adityas, a group of solar deities or sun gods. In the Rig Veda, one of the oldest and most revered texts, Aditi is described as the mother of the gods and is closely associated with the concepts of cosmic order, harmony, and abundance.
The name Aditri is a feminine form of Aditya, which means "son of Aditi." While the origin of the name can be traced back to ancient times, some of the earliest recorded instances of individuals bearing the name Aditri come from medieval India.
One of the earliest known historical figures with the name Aditri was a 9th-century Indian princess and scholar from the Rashtrakuta dynasty, which ruled parts of the Deccan plateau and southern India. Her full name was Aditri Bhatara, and she was renowned for her expertise in Sanskrit literature and poetry.
Another notable figure was Aditri Devi, a 12th-century Indian mystic and poet from the Nath tradition, a syncretic Hindu-Buddhist spiritual movement. Her philosophical and devotional compositions were highly regarded in her time and continue to be studied by scholars today.
In the 16th century, Aditri Dasi was a prominent female poet and composer of devotional poetry in the Braj Bhasha language. Her works were centered around the worship of Lord Krishna and have been influential in the Bhakti movement, a spiritual renaissance that emphasized devotion and personal love for the divine.
Aditri Raychowdhury (1903-1985) was a renowned Indian classical dancer and choreographer, who played a pivotal role in reviving and popularizing the ancient Indian dance form of Manipuri. She was honored with the prestigious Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, India's highest honor in the field of performing arts.
More recently, Aditri Sau (1942-2016) was an eminent Bengali author and poet from India. She was widely celebrated for her literary works, which explored themes of feminism, social injustice, and the human condition. She received numerous accolades, including the Ananda Purashkar, one of the highest literary honors in Bengal.
People
Aditri + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Aditri as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
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Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Aditri: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Aditri?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 234 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Aditri going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,464,762 US residents.
Is Aditri a common name?
We classify Aditri as "Very Rare". It ranks above 76.2% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 236 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Aditri most popular?
The single biggest year for Aditri was 2017, when 21 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Aditri is about 11 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Aditri a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Aditri in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.