Siddharth
Masculine · “one who has achieved his aim”
Siddharth is the Buddha's given name — one who has accomplished his aim — and he was called it long before he accomplished anything.
How old is the name Siddharth?
Siddharth first appears in US birth records in 1976 — 49 years ago. The typical Siddharth alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 3,300 people named Siddharth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Siddharth most popular?
Siddharth peaked in 2011, reaching #1031 nationally. Today it ranks #2332, 1,301 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.
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Where it comes from
From siddha artha to Siddharth
The story of Siddharth
Siddhartha Gautama was born a prince, left the palace after seeing sickness, age and death, and became the Buddha — and his birth name already declared the aim accomplished, decades before he did it. Hermann Hesse borrowed the name for a novel. Siddharth is standard in India and is in current American use.
Meaning
one who has achieved his aim
From the Sanskrit siddha, 'accomplished' or 'perfected', and artha, 'aim' or 'purpose' — 'he whose aim is achieved'. It was the personal name of Gautama Buddha. The Sanskrit is documented and the compound transparent.
How the name formed
- siddha artha
- Siddhartha
- Siddharth
Related forms: सिद्धार्थ · Siddharth · Siddhartha
Pronouncing Siddharth
sid-DARTH
Two syllables, stress on the second. Sanskrit Siddhartha has four with aspirated consonants.
Nicknames for Siddharth
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 boys named
- 2010184 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1031reached in 2011
- Change vs 2024
- −10.6%59 in 2025, from 66
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.
Siddharth in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- सिद्धार्थ in Sanskrit — transliteration
- Siddharth in Hindi — same name
- Siddhartha in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New Jersey.
Siddharths among us
people named Siddharth are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 28,950 born in 2025 was named Siddharth
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Siddharth
- #2332
- Siddharth on the 2025 chart
- #851
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Siddharth went to 59 boys in 2025, but Sidharth is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 77, which makes it the 851st most-given boys’ name of the year — 1,481 places above the chart.
- Siddharth59
- Sidharth18
About 1 boy in 22,183 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 28,950 for Siddharth itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Darel test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Siddharth's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Darel climbed just as high around 1940, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Darel's path sketches the road Siddharth is walking now.
Siddharth 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
Where Siddharth is headed
Siddharth is easing off slowly — about 15% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Siddharth beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Siddharth in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That the Buddha's birth name already declared the aim achieved is a first-rate fact.
- Sid is available as a short form with a real record.
- The accomplished-aim meaning is transparent and strong.
- The aspirated consonants are not distinguished in English.
- It carries the Buddha's name, which some families will weigh.
- Siddharth and Siddhartha are both in circulation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Siddharths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,300 people named Siddharth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Siddharth?
- Siddharth is the most-used spelling in US records — 59 of the 77 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Sidharth.
- How popular is the name Siddharth in 2025?
- Siddharth ranks #2332 among US boy names in 2025, with 59 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Siddharth?
- About 1 in every 28,950 US boys born in 2025 was named Siddharth — 59 in all.
- Will my child share the name Siddharth with classmates?
- Siddharth will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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