Hriday is a distinctive choice, ranked #1613 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Hriday in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#1613
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About the Name Hriday
Hriday has never been more popular than it is right now, sitting at UK #2264. The name has climbed 1584 places in the last five years — a significant surge by any measure. The name has been recorded in UK data since 2007.
Hriday is uncommon in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Hriday in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Hriday
Hriday Narayan Dikshit — Hriday Narayan Dikshit is an Indian politician and a former speaker of the Uttar Pradesh Legislative Assembly.
Bhagna Hriday — Bhagna Hriday (Bengali: ভগ্নহৃদয়; English: The Broken Heart) is a Bengali long lyrical poem written by Rabindranath Tagore in 1881.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Hriday
Unlikely. With around 16 UK babies named Hriday per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Hriday in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Hriday is at its highest recorded position — #1,613 in 2025, with 16 births. In 2020 it ranked #3,848.
Hriday is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Hriday include: Hriday Narayan Dikshit, Bhagna Hriday and Hriday Narayan Singh Patel. Short summaries for each appear below.
Hriday does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Hridays in the wild.
16
UK babies named Hriday (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↑ 2235 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Hriday
Almost certainly the only Hriday in the class
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UK Popularity (2007–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Hriday
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story