Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Abhinav through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,966
- 1,966 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 133 babies
- 2025
- 11
- #7,200 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −61%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 11 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 7,200 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 61.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 133 in 2008. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,387 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.
Abhinav’s family of names
In English usage, Abhinav has a diminutive in ABHI. In Hindi usage, Abhinav is a Roman-alphabet rendering of अभिनव.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Abhinav
- Abhinav BindraIndian sport shooterborn 1982
- Abhinav ShuklaIndian actor (Born: 1982)born 1984
- Abhinav KashyapIndian film directorborn 1974
- Abhinav MukundIndian cricketerborn 1990
- Abhinav GomatamIndian film actor
- Abhinav BaliIndian cricketerborn 1985
- Abhinav Manotabadminton playerborn 1992
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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