Hriday
Hriday is an Indian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Hriday Gattani, Indian musical artist. Hriday Shetty, Indian film director. Hriday Nath Wanchoo,, Kashmiri communist trade-unionist. Hriday Lani, Indian screenwriter.
Meaning & Origin of Hriday
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Hriday is an Indian masculine given name. Notable people with the name include:Hriday Gattani, Indian musical artist. Hriday Shetty, Indian film director. Hriday Nath Wanchoo,, Kashmiri communist trade-unionist. Hriday Lani, Indian screenwriter.
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The Story of Hriday
Hriday first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 2004, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 15 Hridays were born — ranking #5,878 that year. As of 2026, Hriday ranks #5,878 for baby boys with 15 births, rising sharply (+79% over the past five years). In total, more than 124 Hridays have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 2000s through the 2020s.
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About the name Hriday
Hriday is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2004 and has accumulated 124 births in the dataset. Hriday's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #5,878. Use the chart and map above to compare Hriday's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- 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 .
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