Bhargav
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BAR-gav
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #9,710 for boys
Bhargav is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “descendant of Bhrigu”. In 2025 it ranked 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Bhargav mean?
Sanskrit: from Bhargava
“descendant of Bhrigu”
Bhargava is an epithet of Parashurama and of the sage Shukra, both descendants of the sage Bhrigu.
Is Bhargav a girl's or a boy's name?
Bhargav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Bhargav in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 5 boys.
Bhargav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
How popular is Bhargav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,710th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Bhargav, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Bhargav in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bhargav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 15 | #5,273 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
Names like Bhargav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Pranav, Yuvraj, Shivansh, Dhruv, Madhav, Vihaan, Krishiv, Arnav, Keshav, Shiv, Atharv
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veer
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, “Bhargav: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bhargav, updated 20 October 2026.