Chinmay
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Chinmay is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “consciousness”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Chinmay mean?
Sanskrit
“consciousness”
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Chinmay a girl's or a boy's name?
Chinmay is a boys' name.
How popular is Chinmay in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1999.
Half of all the boys named Chinmay in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Chinmay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,065 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
Names like Chinmay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Om Omari Obi Kobe Ayomide Kwame Tadeo Atom Nikola Binyomin Tobin Yechiel
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, “Chinmay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/chinmay, updated 20 October 2026.