MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Aditi mean?
Aditi expresses freedom from binding and the idea of boundlessness. In Vedic literature Aditi is an ancient goddess and the mother of the Adityas. Her name also carries the lexical senses of safety and inexhaustible abundance.
Pronunciation
IAST: aditi
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अदिति
Letter-by-letter: aditi
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
अदिती
Letter-by-letter: aditī
3,652 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Aditi in Indian usage
11,870 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (97.9%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 11,618 records (97.9%).
- Recorded as male: 252 records (2.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1960s | 204 |
| 1970s | 585 |
| 1980s | 3,402 |
| 1990s | 7,552 |
| Other decades | 127 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 2,216 |
| Delhi | 1,988 |
| Bihar | 1,868 |
| Rajasthan | 1,512 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,413 |
| Haryana | 602 |
| Jharkhand | 508 |
| Uttarakhand | 410 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 333 |
| Goa | 310 |
| Odisha | 146 |
| Assam | 144 |
| Tripura | 106 |
| Other states | 314 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Aditi / F | 15 | 1,892 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Aditi; Table_6, C1899 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Aditi; Table_6, C1899
- Monier-Williams, aditi, p. 18,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.