Sidharth
Masculine · “one who has accomplished his aim”
Siddhartha is the name the Buddha was given at birth, and it is a hopeful one: one who has accomplished his aim. The irony that the whole story turns on is built into it, since the aim he eventually accomplished was not the one his father had in mind.
How old is the name Sidharth?
Sidharth first appears in US birth records in 1988 — 37 years ago. The typical Sidharth alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 700 people named Sidharth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Sidharth most popular?
Sidharth peaked in 2003, reaching #2428 nationally. Today it ranks #5208, 2,780 places below that high. See the whole 2003 chart.
Where it comes from
From Siddhartha to Sidharth
The story of Sidharth
The prince of the Shakya clan left his father's household at twenty-nine and became the Buddha; the name Siddhartha belongs to the years before that, and it is the name Hindu families as well as Buddhist ones give. It is used across northern and southern India, spelled Siddharth, Sidharth and Siddhartha depending on the region and the transliteration. It came to American records with Indian families over the last few decades.
Meaning
one who has accomplished his aim
Sanskrit siddha, accomplished or perfected, joined to artha, an aim, purpose or object. The same artha appears in dharma, artha, kama and moksha, the four aims of life in Hindu thought.
How the name formed
- Siddhartha
- Siddharth
- Sidharth
Related forms: सिद्धार्थ · Siddharth · Siddhattha
Pronouncing Sidharth
sid-DARTH
Two syllables, stress usually at the end. The th is a single Indian consonant, a t with a breath after it, rather than the th of think.
Nicknames for Sidharth
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
- 1988
- Most boys named
- 200343 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2428reached in 2003
- Change vs 2024
- +38.5%18 in 2025, from 13
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.
Sidharth in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- सिद्धार्थ in Sanskrit — transliteration
- Siddharth in Hindi — spelling variant
- Siddhattha in Pali — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Pennsylvania, Texas.
Sidharths among us
people named Sidharth are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 94,893 born in 2025 was named Sidharth
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Sidharth
- #5208
- Sidharth on the 2025 chart
- #851
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Sidharth went to 18 boys in 2025, but Siddharth 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 — 4,357 places above the chart.
- Siddharth59
- Sidharth18
About 1 boy in 22,183 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 94,893 for Sidharth 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 Brittan test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Sidharth's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Brittan climbed just as high around 1986, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Brittan's path sketches the road Sidharth is walking now.
Sidharth 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
Sidharth beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Sidharth in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Sid is a ready short form that works everywhere in the English-speaking world.
- The meaning is a complete phrase and one that a family can mean sincerely.
- It carries a figure known across the whole world.
- Siddharth, Sidharth and Siddhartha are all in use, so records within a family may differ.
- English speakers say the th as in think, which is not the Indian sound.
- It carries the Buddha, which is a very large association for a child.
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Frequently asked
- How many Sidharths are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Sidharth are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Sidharth?
- Sidharth is one of 2 recorded spellings. Siddharth is the more common one — 59 births in 2025 against 18 for Sidharth.
- How popular is the name Sidharth in 2025?
- Sidharth ranks #5208 among US boy names in 2025, with 18 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Sidharth?
- About 1 in every 94,893 US boys born in 2025 was named Sidharth — 18 in all.
- Will my child share the name Sidharth with classmates?
- Sidharth will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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