Top 10 Popular Baby Names in India 2024

Even before a baby is born in India, speculations start about naming the baby and suggestions come out flooding from relatives. More often than not, however, the grandfather or grandmother takes the final call of naming the kid, and everyone accepts it out of respect. That was the norm until the early 2000s, but not anymore. These days, parents have taken the onus upon themselves to name their child. Find the Perfect Name for your baby using The ParentZ Baby Name Finder, largest database of Baby Boy and Baby Girl name with Meaning, origin and similar names. You can search baby names by gender, Language, Origin and meaning.

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If you grew up between the 1980s and 2000s and used to hear the names like Pooja, Neha, or Manoj, those days are now passé. With the changing time, names have evolved too, and they are radically different compared to the names in the last decade.

In this post, we will talk about the top 10 baby names, including popular Baby boy names and Baby girl names.

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What are the Most Popular Baby Names Now?

As per latest reports and Survey in 2019, the most popular baby names in India are Aaradhya/Aradhya for girls and Aarav for boys. This report is based on the survey by a financial data analytics company, which analysed 80,000 baby names.

The same study further shows that nearly 20% of boys and 25% of girls who were born in 2013-15, have their names start with “A.” For example, Anaya/Aanya, Aadya, Aarna, Anvi, and Anika.

Other popular names are Navya, Saanvi, and Kavya. For boys, Aarav, Kabir, Vivaan, and Shaurya.

According to the naming experts, many of these names have become popular due to some of the Bollywood star kids. For example, the name Aaradhya became a rage as Abhishek, and Aishwarya Rai Bachchan’s daughter has that name. Similarly, Arav is the son of Akshay Kumar/Twinkle Khanna.

Here is the overall statistics on popular baby names:

25% of baby girls have a name beginning with “A.”
8% of baby girls born during 2013-15, have their name beginning with “AA.”
20% of boys have a name beginning with “A.”
6% of boys born during 2013-15 have their name beginning with “AA.”
Names beginning with “SA” are still favourite.
Names beginning with NE and SH have become the least popular.
Names beginning with RA and SU have dropped sharply in popularity.
Names beginning with “VI” are still favourite. However, names like Vihaan and Vivaan have replaced Vijay and Vikram.

The Top 10 Popular Baby Names in India (Both Girls and Boys)

The ParentZ Parenting Team has compiled a comprehensive list of popular baby names in India. From there, we have picked the top 10 baby names with five names for girls and boy each:

Name	Meaning
Aaradhya	One who is worth worshipping
Adah	Ornament; decorated
Adhira	Moon/Lightening
Alisha	Noble/Light
Amoli	Precious
Aahva	Beloved
Aadiv	Delicate
Aarav	Wisdom/Musical note
Akanksh	Desire
Alex	To defend/protect

Top 10 Baby Girl Names

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Name	Meaning
Aaradhya	Worth worshipping
Adah	Decorated/Ornament
Adhira	Lightening/ Moon
Alisha	Light/Noble
Amoli	Precious
Anaisha	Special
Ananya	Goddess Parvati/Unique
Anika	One of the names of Goddess Durga/ Grace
Anushka	Grace
Asmee	Self-confident

Top 10 Baby Boy Names

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Name	Meaning
Aahva	Beloved
Aadiv	Delicate
Aarav	Musical note/Wisdom
Akanksh	Desire
Alex	To protect or defend
Anant	Infinite
Atiksh	Wise
Ayaan	Nature
Bhuv	Heaven/Sky
Dasya	God’s gift

Closing Words

There are so many popular baby names for girls and boys that you may find it tough to choose one. The names listed in this article are according to the current trends, and many of them will get more popular in 2024 and beyond.

If you are a would-be parent, you can pick any of these trendy names or can do a little research to find unique and meaningful names for your child. Happy searching!