Jahnavi
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Jahnavi is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Jahnavi mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jahnavi a girl's or a boy's name?
Jahnavi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jahnavi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Jahnavi, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2009, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Jahnavi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 7 | #3,201 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
How popular is Jahnavi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Jahnavi, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 29 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Jahnavi in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jahnavi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 15 | #7,247 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 16 | #7,088 |
| 2016 | 12 | #8,872 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,450 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5,555 |
| 2011 | 28 | #4,913 |
| 2010 | 28 | #4,972 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 20 | #6,354 |
| 2005 | 19 | #6,240 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 11 | #8,527 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Jahnavi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vaishnavi, Saanvi, Avani, Dhriti, Dhanvi, Sanvi, Yashvi, Kashvi, Tanvi, Anvi, Vaani, Aadhini
Names related to Jahnavi
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Jahnavi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jahnavi, updated 20 October 2026.