Kanav
Boy · KUH-nuv · Sanskrit
Kanav is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Kanav mean?
Sanskrit: modern form of Kanva, a Vedic sage
Recalls the Vedic sage Kanva, who in the Mahabharata raises Shakuntala in his forest hermitage.
- Say it
- KUH-nuv
Is Kanav a girl's or a boy's name?
Kanav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Kanav in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Kanav, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Kanav of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Kanav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
How popular is Kanav 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 Kanav, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2006.
2025 had fewer boys named Kanav than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Kanav in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Kanav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
Names like Kanav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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