Apoorva
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-POOR-va
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Apoorva is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “unprecedented, never before”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Apoorva mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit apurva
“unprecedented, never before”
From Sanskrit apurva, meaning unprecedented or unparalleled; used for both girls and boys in India.
Is Apoorva a girl's or a boy's name?
Apoorva is a girls' name.
How popular is Apoorva in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 19 girls. It first appears in the records in 1994.
Half of all the girls named Apoorva in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Apoorva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 19 | #5,817 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
Names like Apoorva
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Akshara, Radhika, Anisha, Dhara, Anika, Ishika, Avira, Kridha, Avani, Vibha, Nirvana, Priya
Names related to Apoorva
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from 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, “Apoorva: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/apoorva, updated 20 October 2026.