Anav
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-NAHV
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Anav is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “humble”. In 2025 it ranked 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Anav mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew word; also used as an Indian name
“humble”
The Bible calls Moses anav, 'very humble, more than anyone on the face of the earth' (Numbers 12:3).
Is Anav a girl's or a boy's name?
Anav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anav in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 7 boys.
Anav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
How popular is Anav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,395among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Anav, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 32 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
Half of all the boys named Anav in the US since 1880 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 23 | #4,430 |
| 2023 | 32 | #3,564 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 23 | #4,358 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 13 | #6,320 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
Names like Anav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Krishiv Avyaan Avi Aadhav Shivansh Ivaan Aviraj Advik Atharv Aveer Gurbaaz
Names related to Anav
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Anav: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anav, updated 20 October 2026.