Aditya — #2140 US boys' name
5,317 babies named Aditya in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to boys today.
45% of everyone ever named Aditya was born in this single decade.
331 babies were named Aditya in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aditya
The Social Security Administration has registered 5,317 babies named Aditya between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Aditya currently holds the #2140 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 331 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aditya performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,398 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Aditya shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,034 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Aditya in 25 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aditya in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,317 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aditya at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Aditya popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1979
- Peak year (2008)
- 331
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
Currently ranks #2140 among boys.
5,317 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 331 births in a single year.
Aditya popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2004 (Aditya as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Aditya accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Aditya by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 2,398 births that decade — 45% of Aditya's all-time total
Aditya decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,398 births
- Runner-up 1,824 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Aditya's strongest decade
2,398 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
Aditya by state
Where Aditya concentrates geographically — total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,034 | 19.4% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 578 | 10.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 403 | 7.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 371 | 7.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 229 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 208 | 3.9% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 170 | 3.2% |
| #8 | Washington | | 165 | 3.1% |
1,034 of 5,317 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 19.4% of nationwide
- New Jersey 10.9% of nationwide
- Texas 7.6% of nationwide
- New York 7.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 4.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 25 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 19.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Aditya appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.