Advay
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ad-VAY
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,313 for boys
Advay is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “unique; not two”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Advay mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit advaya
“unique; not two”
Advaya, 'non-dual', is a key idea in Hindu and Buddhist philosophy.
Is Advay a girl's or a boy's name?
Advay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Advay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Advay, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Advay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Advay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #3,305 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
How popular is Advay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Advay, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more boys named Advay than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Advay in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Advay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,197 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 16 | #5,629 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 22 | #4,472 |
| 2017 | 29 | #3,674 |
| 2016 | 30 | #3,595 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 51 | #2,459 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 31 | #3,452 |
| 2009 | 28 | #3,719 |
| 2008 | 23 | #4,264 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
Names like Advay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Avyaan Shivansh Vihaan Aviraj Yuvraj Arjan Shivay Atharv Veer Krishiv Advik
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, “Advay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/advay, updated 20 October 2026.