Abhinav
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Abhinav is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Abhinav mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Abhinav a girl's or a boy's name?
Abhinav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Abhinav in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 22 boys.
Half of all the boys named Abhinav in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abhinav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 3 | #4,989 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,693 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 17 | #1,542 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,252 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 19 | #1,334 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 16 | #1,369 |
| 2005 | 12 | #1,599 |
| 2004 | 8 | #1,983 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Abhinav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,190th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Abhinav, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,342nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 133 boys. It first appears in the records in 1990.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Abhinav than any year since 1993.
Half of all the boys named Abhinav in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Abhinav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 27 | #3,992 |
| 2021 | 21 | #4,624 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,342 |
| 2019 | 50 | #2,581 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,384 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 67 | #2,086 |
| 2015 | 57 | #2,299 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,081 |
| 2013 | 79 | #1,810 |
| 2012 | 86 | #1,741 |
| 2011 | 106 | #1,510 |
| 2010 | 114 | #1,447 |
| 2009 | 118 | #1,425 |
| 2008 | 133 | #1,303 |
| 2007 | 109 | #1,464 |
| 2006 | 112 | #1,408 |
| 2005 | 107 | #1,389 |
| 2004 | 91 | #1,482 |
| 2003 | 85 | #1,510 |
| 2002 | 80 | #1,540 |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,812 |
| 2000 | 47 | #2,132 |
| 1999 | 37 | #2,395 |
| 1998 | 29 | #2,779 |
| 1997 | 31 | #2,542 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 8 | #5,816 |
Names like Abhinav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Pranav, Aviraj, Arnav, Dhruv, Yuvraj, Atharv, Shiv, Madhav, Aadhav, Ansh, Veer
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
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, “Abhinav: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/abhinav, updated 20 October 2026.