Navi
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- NAH-vee
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,250 for girls
Navi is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “prophet”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 1,250th for girls in the US (179 babies).
What does Navi mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew word; also a Punjabi short form of names beginning Nav-
“prophet”
Hebrew for 'prophet'; in Punjabi families it is also a short form of names such as Navdeep and Navjot.
Is Navi a girl's or a boy's name?
Navi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 179 girls and 70 boys in the US.
How popular is Navi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 350% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Navi, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 8 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Navi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 8 | #3,098 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
How popular is Navi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,250among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 179about 1 in 9,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 179 girls in the US were named Navi, making it the 1,250th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,743rd. It first appears in the records in 2000. 70 boys were also named Navi in 2025 (2,091st for boys).
2025 had the most girls named Navi of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the girls named Navi in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 72% of the babies named Navi in the US were girls.
Navi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 179 | #1,250 |
| 2024 | 147 | #1,484 |
| 2023 | 176 | #1,300 |
| 2022 | 158 | #1,422 |
| 2021 | 149 | #1,441 |
| 2020 | 115 | #1,743 |
| 2019 | 105 | #1,898 |
| 2018 | 81 | #2,254 |
| 2017 | 72 | #2,487 |
| 2016 | 74 | #2,463 |
| 2015 | 49 | #3,299 |
| 2014 | 39 | #3,846 |
| 2013 | 37 | #4,000 |
| 2012 | 29 | #4,834 |
| 2011 | 24 | #5,541 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 13 | #8,961 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 19 | #6,211 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
Names like Navi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Saanvi Nirvi Anvi Aarvi Krishvi Aashvi Dhanvi Pranshi Shanvi Prisha Dhriti Sharvi
Names related to Navi
More Hebrew names
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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, “Navi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/navi, updated 20 October 2026.