Jivan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- JEE-van
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Jivan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “life”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Jivan mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit jivana
“life”
Is Jivan a girl's or a boy's name?
Jivan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Jivan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 4 boys.
Jivan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #4,870 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 3 | #2,979 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Jivan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Jivan, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,734th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1993.
2025 had fewer boys named Jivan than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Jivan in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jivan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 12 | #5,718 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
Names like Jivan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Vihaan Yuvraj Avyaan Arjan Shivansh Jeevan Viraj Dhruv Veer Yuvan Nirvaan
Names related to Jivan
Jovan Jovian Javan Jevan Jaiven Javion Javian Javien Jiovani Jaivyn
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India Avani
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, “Jivan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jivan, updated 20 October 2026.