Nirav
Boy · nee-RUV · Sanskrit
Nirav is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “quiet, silent”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).
What does Nirav mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit nirava
“quiet, silent”
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Is Nirav a girl's or a boy's name?
Nirav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 13 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nirav in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 225% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Nirav, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1997, with 9 boys.
2025 had more boys named Nirav than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Nirav in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Nirav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 1 | #6,220 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 3 | #4,486 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 9 | #1,412 |
How popular is Nirav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,442among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 130,000 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, 13 boys in the US were named Nirav, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1984, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1972.
2025 had more boys named Nirav than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Nirav in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Nirav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #6,442 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 12 | #6,892 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 9 | #8,169 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 10 | #5,088 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 15 | #3,128 |
| 1985 | 19 | #2,596 |
| 1984 | 21 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 20 | #2,417 |
| 1980 | 18 | #2,616 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 14 | #2,909 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 13 | #2,900 |
| 1974 | 10 | #3,316 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
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