Given name
Arnav
“sea”
In English use, Arnav shares an earlier linguistic root with ARNAB. One English interpretation is “sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Arnav shares an earlier linguistic root with ARNAB. One English interpretation is “sea.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Arnav through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,585
- 3,585 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2011
- 249 babies
- 2025
- 43
- #2,887 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −56%
- Cooling
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 43 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,887 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 56.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 249 in 2011. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,724 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.
Arnav’s family of names
In English usage, Arnav shares an earlier linguistic root with ARNAB. In English usage, Arnav shares an earlier linguistic root with ARNOB.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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