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Pranav

Gender
Boy
Say it
PRA-nav
Origin
Sanskrit
UK rank, 2025
#1,192 for boys
US rank, 2025
#2,421 for boys

Pranav is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “the sacred syllable Om”. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for boys in the UK (26 babies) and 2,421st for boys in the US (56 babies).

What does Pranav mean?

Sanskrit

“the sacred syllable Om”

In Sanskrit pranava is a name for the sacred syllable Om, chanted at the start of Hindu prayers.

Is Pranav a girl's or a boy's name?

Pranav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the UK and 56 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Pranav in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,192among boys
Babies in 2025
26about 1 in 12,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 35% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were named Pranav, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,179th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 40 boys.

Half of all the boys named Pranav in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 40 in 20072025
Pranav in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202526#1,192
202429#1,085
202330#1,072
202219#1,452
202116#1,619
202025#1,179
201918#1,479
201820#1,362
201716#1,649
201619#1,458
201530#1,046
201419#1,406
201322#1,241
201219#1,405
201129#1,031
201031#994
200926#1,086
200826#1,071
200740#765
200627#959
200526#944
200423#983
200319#1,046
200214#1,193
20019#1,547
200015#1,057
19998#1,582
19986#1,932
199710#1,319
19965#2,094

How popular is Pranav in the US?

Rank in 2025
#2,421among boys
Babies in 2025
56about 1 in 30,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 28% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 56 boys in the US were named Pranav, making it the 2,421st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,872nd. Its busiest year was 2004, with 236 boys. It first appears in the records in 1977.

2025 had fewer boys named Pranav than any year since 1996.

Half of all the boys named Pranav in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

1977Busiest: 236 in 20042025
Pranav in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202556#2,421
202463#2,261
202365#2,187
202263#2,268
202172#2,039
202079#1,872
201980#1,868
201898#1,648
2017139#1,300
2016139#1,304
2015133#1,327
2014148#1,229
2013150#1,192
2012161#1,135
2011172#1,082
2010206#961
2009228#905
2008216#940
2007228#883
2006216#901
2005217#847
2004236#767
2003226#773
2002181#894
2001160#957
2000102#1,268
199999#1,246
199872#1,512
199757#1,703
199631#2,478
199523#3,015
199420#3,320
199320#3,240
199215#3,912
199114#3,998
19907#6,408
19899#5,158
19880–
19870–
19865#6,715
19850–
19840–
19830–
19827#5,001
19817#4,959
19800–
19790–
19780–
19775#5,843

Names like Pranav

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Aarav Dhruv Yuvraj Madhav Shiv Arnav Shivansh Keshav Vihaan Prithvi Viraj Krishiv

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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, “Pranav: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/pranav, updated 20 October 2026.