Nirvan
Boy · nir-VAAN · Sanskrit
Nirvan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “liberation, release”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 3,180th for boys in the US (37 babies).
What does Nirvan mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Nirvaan; from nirvana
“liberation, release”
From nirvana, literally 'blowing out', the Buddhist and Hindu term for release from suffering and rebirth.
- Say it
- nir-VAAN
Meaning borrowed from Nirvaan.
Is Nirvan a girl's or a boy's name?
Nirvan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 37 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Nirvan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Nirvan, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2012, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Nirvan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 32 boys in the UK were given Nirvan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #908, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Nirvaan 25
- Nirvan 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Nirvan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
How popular is Nirvan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,180among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 46,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the US were named Nirvan, making it the 3,180th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had the most boys named Nirvan of any year since it first appeared, in 2002.
Half of all the boys named Nirvan in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 99 boys in the US were given Nirvan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,493, up from #3,180 for this spelling alone.
- Nirvaan 62
- Nirvan 37
Nirvan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #3,180 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 25 | #4,216 |
| 2022 | 35 | #3,342 |
| 2021 | 36 | #3,240 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 30 | #3,633 |
| 2018 | 36 | #3,168 |
| 2017 | 30 | #3,582 |
| 2016 | 31 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 22 | #4,354 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 7 | #9,864 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
Names like Nirvan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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