Abhimanyu
Boy · Sanskrit
Abhimanyu is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Abhimanyu mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
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Is Abhimanyu a girl's or a boy's name?
Abhimanyu is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abhimanyu in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Abhimanyu, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abhimanyu in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Abhimanyu in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Abhimanyu in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Abhimanyu, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had the most boys named Abhimanyu of any year since it first appeared, in 1993.
Half of all the boys named Abhimanyu in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abhimanyu in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 13 | #6,401 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
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