Kairav
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KY-rav
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,192 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,183 for boys
Kairav is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “white lotus”. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for boys in the UK (26 babies) and 2,183rd for boys in the US (65 babies).
What does Kairav mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit kairava
“white lotus”
Sanskrit kairava is the white water lily that opens at night, linked in Indian poetry with the moon.
Is Kairav a girl's or a boy's name?
Kairav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the UK and 65 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kairav in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,192nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26 about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 100% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were named Kairav, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd.
2025 had the most boys named Kairav of any year since it first appeared, in 2010.
Half of all the boys named Kairav in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales.
Kairav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,192 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 22 | #1,312 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,227 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
How popular is Kairav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,183rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 65 about 1 in 26,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 65 boys in the US were named Kairav, making it the 2,183rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,616th. It first appears in the records in 2007.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Kairav of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Kairav in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kairav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 65 | #2,183 |
| 2024 | 58 | #2,393 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,053 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,214 |
| 2021 | 43 | #2,861 |
| 2020 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2019 | 23 | #4,333 |
| 2018 | 18 | #5,102 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
Names like Kairav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Krishiv, Shivansh, Vihaan, Avyaan, Keshav, Pranav, Madhav, Atharv, Yuvraj, Aviraj, Harshiv
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veer, Veda
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, “Kairav: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/kairav, updated 20 October 2026.