Bhavya
- Gender
- Unisex
- Say it
- BHUV-ya
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Bhavya is a name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “grand, splendid”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Bhavya mean?
Sanskrit: from bhavya
“grand, splendid”
Is Bhavya a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Bhavya has been given to both girls and boys. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 10 boys in the UK and 10 girls in the US.
How popular is Bhavya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Bhavya, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 8 girls. 10 boys were also named Bhavya in 2025 (2,342nd for boys).
Half of all the girls named Bhavya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 33% of the babies named Bhavya in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Bhavya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 8 | #3,102 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
How popular is Bhavya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Bhavya, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 30 girls. It first appears in the records in 1995.
2025 had more girls named Bhavya than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Bhavya in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2011, 76% of the babies named Bhavya in the US were girls.
Bhavya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 12 | #8,926 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 25 | #5,356 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5,889 |
| 2008 | 30 | #4,880 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 15 | #7,202 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
Names like Bhavya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Navya, Prisha, Aadhya, Arya, Kavya, Aarya, Aavya, Saanvi, Priya, Viha, Vanya, Dhriti
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
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, “Bhavya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bhavya, updated 20 October 2026.