Aarthi
Aarthi is a name with a single cultural origin: Tamil.
- Tamil
Meaning & Origin of Aarthi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Aarthi is a name with a single cultural origin: Tamil.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Tamil
The Story of Aarthi
The earliest SSA record of Aarthi as a baby girl name dates back to 1985, when 5 babies received it. 2003 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Aarthi — #9,670 in the national rankings. About 50% of every Aarthi on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Aarthi last appeared in the published SSA data in 2011, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 104 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Aarthi
Aarthi is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1985 and has accumulated 104 births in the dataset. Aarthi's peak popularity came in 2003 when it ranked #9,670. Use the chart and map above to compare Aarthi's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.