Gaurav
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Gaurav is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Gaurav mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gaurav a girl's or a boy's name?
Gaurav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gaurav in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1999, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Gaurav in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Gaurav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 8 | #2,384 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 12 | #1,235 |
| 1999 | 14 | #1,087 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,109 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Gaurav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 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, 5 boys in the US were named Gaurav, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1975.
Half of all the boys named Gaurav in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gaurav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 15 | #5,655 |
| 2012 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 15 | #5,762 |
| 2007 | 27 | #3,791 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 28 | #3,364 |
| 2003 | 36 | #2,725 |
| 2002 | 34 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 30 | #2,983 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,661 |
| 1998 | 20 | #3,593 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 19 | #3,543 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 15 | #4,013 |
| 1992 | 15 | #3,912 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 15 | #3,773 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,612 |
| 1988 | 18 | #2,956 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 11 | #3,802 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 8 | #4,493 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
Names like Gaurav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Pranav, Arnav, Dhruv, Keshav, Madhav, Ravi, Shiv, Yuvraj, Shivam, Harshiv, Viraj
Names related to Gaurav
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
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, “Gaurav: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gaurav, updated 20 October 2026.