Pallavi
Girl · Sanskrit
Pallavi is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “sprout, shoot, bud”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Pallavi mean?
Sanskrit
“sprout, shoot, bud”
A female given name from Sanskrit used in India.
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Is Pallavi a girl's or a boy's name?
Pallavi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Pallavi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,935among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Pallavi, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 5 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Pallavi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Pallavi in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1998, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the girls named Pallavi in the US since 1880 were born between 1993 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Pallavi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 24 | #5,087 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 24 | #4,489 |
| 1997 | 12 | #7,278 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
Names like Pallavi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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