Nidhi
Feminine · “Treasure”
Nidhi is Sanskrit for a treasure, and the sense is specific: not wealth in general but a store, something laid up and kept. In Hindu tradition the nidhis are the nine treasures of Kubera, the god of riches.
How old is the name Nidhi?
Nidhi first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Nidhi alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 1,500 people named Nidhi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Nidhi most popular?
Nidhi peaked in 2005, reaching #2457 nationally. Today it ranks #5410, 2,953 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.
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Where it comes from
From nidhi to Nidhi
The story of Nidhi
Kubera is the lord of wealth and the guardian of the north in Hindu cosmology, and the nine nidhis are his treasures, listed variously across the Puranas and given semi-personified form in some traditions. The word itself is ordinary Sanskrit and passed into Hindi with the same sense. As a personal name Nidhi is modern rather than classical, ordinary among Hindi-, Gujarati- and Marathi-speaking families through the second half of the twentieth century. American records show it from the 1970s with Indian professional migration and a peak in 2005, tracking the community rather than any single bearer.
Meaning
Treasure, store, hoard
From Sanskrit nidhi, a receptacle, a store or a treasure, from a verb meaning to set down or deposit. The reading is settled. The nava-nidhi are the nine treasures attributed to Kubera in the Puranas, and the word is also used of a reservoir or a repository generally.
How the name formed
- nidhi
- Nidhi
Related forms: निधि · निधि · નિધિ
Pronouncing Nidhi
NID-hee
Two syllables, stress on the first. The dh is a single aspirated consonant in Hindi, not a d followed by an h, and English speakers generally produce it as a plain d.
Nicknames for Nidhi
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1976
- Most girls named
- 200776 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2457reached in 2005
- Change vs 2024
- +15.0%23 in 2025, from 20
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Nidhi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- निधि in Sanskrit — related form
- निधि in Hindi — transliteration
- નિધિ in Gujarati — transliteration
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New Jersey.
Nidhis among us
people named Nidhi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 69,881 born in 2025 was named Nidhi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Carlisa test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Nidhi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Carlisa climbed just as high around 1975, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Carlisa's path sketches the road Nidhi is walking now.
Nidhi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Nidhi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Nidhi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled, concrete and pleasant.
- Five letters and two syllables travel easily.
- Every sound in it can be approximated in English.
- The aspirated dh is lost in English speech.
- Nidhi and Nidi are both in transliteration use.
- It is unfamiliar outside Indian communities.
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Feminine · #5410 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Nidhis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,500 people named Nidhi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Nidhi in 2025?
- Nidhi ranks #5410 among US girl names in 2025, with 23 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Nidhi?
- About 1 in every 69,881 US girls born in 2025 was named Nidhi — 23 in all.
- Will my child share the name Nidhi with classmates?
- Nidhi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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