Aishwarya
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Meaning
prosperity, wealth; famously borne by Queen Aishwarya of Nepal, the country's last reigning queen consort before the monarchy's abolition
The story
Aishwarya is a Sanskrit name meaning prosperity and wealth, the kind of abundance that in Hindu thought belongs to the divine. In Nepal it belonged to Queen Aishwarya, consort of King Birendra from 1972, a formidable and cultured figure who wrote poetry and song lyrics under a pen name, some of them still sung, and whose life ended with her husband's in the royal palace tragedy of 2001, a blow from which Nepal's monarchy never truly recovered before its abolition. The name found a different kind of fame when Aishwarya Rai, crowned Miss World in 1994, became one of Bollywood's biggest international stars and carried it onto screens everywhere. In American records Aishwarya barely registers, a faint and recent trace only, so it stays a distinctive choice: five flowing syllables, a queen and a movie star behind it, and prosperity built into its bones.
How popular is Aishwarya around the world?
In the United States, 123 babies were named Aishwarya between 2020 and 2025. In England and Wales, 5 girls named Aishwarya were born in 2025, ranked 4,201st among girls that year.
Aishwarya is on the official records of the United States and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 180,000
In the United States, 123 babies were named Aishwarya between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Aishwarya has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
England and Wales
1 in 120,000
In England and Wales, 5 girls named Aishwarya were born in 2025, ranked 4,201st among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Austria
last on record 2023
Aishwarya is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Canada
last on record 2017
Aishwarya is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
South Australia
last on record 2012
Aishwarya is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Aishwarya
Most people given the name Aishwarya in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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