Fun Facts About the Name Samadhi
- 861 babies named Samadhi: U.S. records list 861 babies given the name Samadhi from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Samadhi Mean?
Samadhi comes from Sanskrit samādhi, formed from the prefix sam- ("together," "with"), ā- ("toward"), and the verbal root dhā ("to place, put"). The literal sense is something like "placing together," "joining," or "bringing to completion." From that basic idea the word took on the technical meaning it has in Indian philosophy: a state of deep meditative absorption in which attention is fully gathered and the ordinary split between the one who meditates and the object of meditation drops away. Standard translations are "concentration," "meditative absorption," and "union."
The term is shared, with somewhat different nuances, by Hindu, Buddhist, Jain, and Sikh traditions. In Patanjali's Yoga Sutras it names the eighth and final limb of yoga, coming after dhāraṇā (concentration) and dhyāna (meditation). In Buddhist teaching the Pali form sammā samādhi, "right concentration," is one element of the Noble Eightfold Path. A separate, concrete use of the word in South Asian religious life is for a memorial shrine or tomb raised for a revered teacher, a sense especially familiar in Sikh usage as samādh.
Samadhi Name History & Origins
The Sanskrit noun samādhi was carried into the Middle Indo-Aryan languages as Pali and Prakrit samādhi, the form in which it entered the Theravada Buddhist scriptures and from there spread with Buddhism into Sri Lanka and Southeast Asia. In Sanskrit philosophical literature it became the settled term for the highest stage of yogic meditation, and it is used in this sense throughout commentaries on the Yoga Sutras and in Vedanta and Buddhist scholastic texts.
As a personal name, Samadhi is given in India and also appears in Western countries, particularly among families with a connection to yoga or Buddhist practice. Its use as a name rests on the religious and philosophical term rather than on a distinct name with its own separate lineage, so it carries the full weight of the Sanskrit word's meaning. The related spelling Samādhi preserves the long ā marks of the original; a shortened form, samadh, is the one most often used for the shrine or tomb sense.
How Popular is the Name Samadhi?
Samadhi has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2024. Its best rank was #1,216 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,346 | 165 | 0.0103% |
| 2024 | #1,216 | 194 | 0.0120% |
| 2023 | #1,997 | 99 | 0.0062% |
| 2022 | #1,802 | 114 | 0.0070% |
| 2021 | #2,362 | 77 | 0.0047% |
| 2020 | #4,344 | 32 | 0.0020% |
| 2019 | #3,442 | 46 | 0.0027% |
| 2018 | #6,744 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2017 | #7,375 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #15,901 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #11,680 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #18,795 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2012 | #12,058 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #10,270 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2010 | #13,242 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #10,661 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #10,693 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2006 | #10,471 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2005 | #16,066 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #8,628 | 13 | 0.0007% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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