Abhi
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- UH-bee
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Abhi is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Abhi mean?
Sanskrit: short form of names such as Abhishek, Abhinav and Abhijit
A common short form of Indian names beginning with the Sanskrit prefix abhi-, such as Abhishek and Abhinav.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Abhi a girl's or a boy's name?
Abhi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abhi in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 7 boys.
Abhi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Abhi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Abhi, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Abhi in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abhi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 7 | #9,709 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 13 | #6,432 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 21 | #4,491 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Names like Abhi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Avi Prithvi Yuvraj Ravi Avyaan Shivansh Vihaan Aviraj Atharv Rishi Veer
Names related to Abhi
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India
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, “Abhi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abhi, updated 20 October 2026.