Arav
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AA-rav
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Arav is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “sound”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Arav mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Aarav
“sound”
Usually traced to Sanskrit arava, 'sound', though it is often explained as 'peaceful'.
Is Arav a girl's or a boy's name?
Arav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Arav in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Arav, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,185th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 25 boys.
2025 had more boys named Arav than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Arav in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 217 boys in the UK were given Arav or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #252, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Arav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,185 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 14 | #1,803 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 13 | #1,834 |
| 2013 | 25 | #1,139 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 20 | #1,338 |
| 2010 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2009 | 12 | #1,852 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
How popular is Arav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Arav, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,915th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 78 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Arav in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 544 boys in the US were given Arav or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #541, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
Arav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 18 | #5,237 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 17 | #5,441 |
| 2021 | 24 | #4,243 |
| 2020 | 26 | #3,915 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,050 |
| 2018 | 45 | #2,707 |
| 2017 | 36 | #3,192 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 46 | #2,640 |
| 2014 | 52 | #2,427 |
| 2013 | 70 | #1,963 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,237 |
| 2011 | 47 | #2,589 |
| 2010 | 68 | #2,009 |
| 2009 | 70 | #1,989 |
| 2008 | 78 | #1,861 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,213 |
| 2006 | 40 | #2,831 |
| 2005 | 30 | #3,315 |
| 2004 | 26 | #3,530 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Arav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Pranav Arnav Atharv Avyaan Yuvraj Shivansh Vihaan Aadhav Dhruv Krishiv Aviraj Madhav
Other spellings of Arav
Names related to Arav
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veer Veda
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, “Arav: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arav, updated 20 October 2026.