MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Aditya mean?
Āditya names the sons of Aditi in Vedic tradition and is also used individually as a name of the sun. Āditya denotes descent from Aditi and also becomes a sun name.
Pronunciation
IAST: āditya
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आदित्य
Letter-by-letter: āditya
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
ആദിത്യ
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
आदित्या
Letter-by-letter: ādityā
2,377 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Aditya in Indian usage
96,715 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,617 records (1.7%).
- Recorded as male: 95,098 records (98.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 378 |
| 1940s | 1,051 |
| 1950s | 2,251 |
| 1960s | 4,475 |
| 1970s | 8,282 |
| 1980s | 26,208 |
| 1990s | 53,857 |
| Other decades | 213 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 38,861 |
| Bihar | 24,121 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 9,391 |
| Jharkhand | 6,840 |
| Rajasthan | 4,634 |
| Delhi | 3,857 |
| Haryana | 2,607 |
| Uttarakhand | 1,904 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,875 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 500 |
| Goa | 437 |
| Assam | 430 |
| Chandigarh | 250 |
| Kerala | 236 |
| Maharashtra | 226 |
| Tripura | 152 |
| Karnataka | 112 |
| Other states | 282 |
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 | Aditya / M | 25 | 1,153 |
| Scotland | Aditya / M | 3 | 762 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
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 Aditya; Table_6, C1160 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Aditya; Table_6, C1160
- Scotland 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Aditya; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Aditya; full-list-1974-2025.csv; 2025 Boy
- Monier-Williams, āditya, p. 137,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.