Aarav
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AA-rav
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #281 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #710 for boys
Aarav is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “sound”. In 2025 it ranked 281st for boys in the UK (183 babies) and 710th for boys in the US (377 babies).
What does Aarav mean?
Sanskrit
“sound”
Usually traced to Sanskrit arava, 'sound', though it is often explained as 'peaceful'.
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Is Aarav a girl's or a boy's name?
Aarav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 183 boys in the UK and 377 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aarav in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #281among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 183about 1 in 1,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 183 boys in the UK were named Aarav, making it the 281st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 345th.
2025 had the most boys named Aarav of any year since it first appeared, in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Aarav in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 217 boys in the UK were given Aarav or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #252, up from #281 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 257th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Aarav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 183 | #281 |
| 2024 | 140 | #349 |
| 2023 | 150 | #329 |
| 2022 | 114 | #413 |
| 2021 | 125 | #397 |
| 2020 | 146 | #345 |
| 2019 | 132 | #378 |
| 2018 | 133 | #375 |
| 2017 | 175 | #323 |
| 2016 | 167 | #329 |
| 2015 | 173 | #311 |
| 2014 | 177 | #300 |
| 2013 | 177 | #287 |
| 2012 | 129 | #378 |
| 2011 | 124 | #374 |
| 2010 | 110 | #408 |
| 2009 | 92 | #450 |
| 2008 | 33 | #905 |
| 2007 | 24 | #1,102 |
| 2006 | 22 | #1,096 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
How popular is Aarav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 377about 1 in 4,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 377 boys in the US were named Aarav, making it the 710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 638th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 541 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had fewer boys named Aarav than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Aarav in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 544 boys in the US were given Aarav or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #541, up from #710 for this spelling alone.
Aarav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 377 | #710 |
| 2024 | 404 | #676 |
| 2023 | 408 | #666 |
| 2022 | 406 | #673 |
| 2021 | 431 | #639 |
| 2020 | 419 | #638 |
| 2019 | 419 | #642 |
| 2018 | 488 | #565 |
| 2017 | 526 | #539 |
| 2016 | 519 | #552 |
| 2015 | 541 | #529 |
| 2014 | 531 | #523 |
| 2013 | 495 | #535 |
| 2012 | 435 | #586 |
| 2011 | 436 | #574 |
| 2010 | 438 | #577 |
| 2009 | 270 | #816 |
| 2008 | 219 | #926 |
| 2007 | 161 | #1,120 |
| 2006 | 144 | #1,172 |
| 2005 | 70 | #1,834 |
| 2004 | 41 | #2,595 |
| 2003 | 25 | #3,523 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
Names like Aarav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vihaan Shivansh Avyaan Krishiv Yuvraj Arjan Aviraj Veer Atharv Dhruv Avi Advik
Other spellings of Aarav
Names related to Aarav
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India Avani
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aarav: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aarav, updated 20 October 2026.