Aarnav
Boy · AR-nav · Sanskrit
Aarnav is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “ocean, sea”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Aarnav mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Arnav
“ocean, sea”
- Say it
- AR-nav
Meaning borrowed from Arnav. More on Wiktionary.
Is Aarnav a girl's or a boy's name?
Aarnav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aarnav in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Aarnav in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aarnav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 8 | #2,593 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 13 | #1,850 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,445 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
How popular is Aarnav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Aarnav, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 62 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Aarnav in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 53 boys in the US were given Aarnav or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,138, up from #7,675 for this spelling alone.
- Arnav 43
- Aarnav 10
Aarnav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,101 |
| 2016 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2015 | 45 | #2,683 |
| 2014 | 46 | #2,620 |
| 2013 | 43 | #2,713 |
| 2012 | 62 | #2,154 |
| 2011 | 33 | #3,305 |
| 2010 | 37 | #3,071 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,330 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 22 | #4,373 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
Names like Aarnav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Avyaan Shivansh Atharv Vihaan Yuvraj Pranav Aviraj Arnav Krishiv Aadhav Dhruv
Other spellings of Aarnav
More Sanskrit names
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