Given name
Aarav
“sound; loud noise”
Aarav is a masculine given name from Hindi, meaning “sound; loud noise.”
Meaning & origin
How it developed
A transliteration of Hindi आरव (“sound; loud noise”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2002. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aarav through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,209
- 8,209 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 541 babies
- 2025
- 377
- #710 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 377 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 710 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 541 in 2015. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (68). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,686 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
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