Prithvi
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,342 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Prithvi is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “the vast one”. In 2025 it ranked 2,342nd for boys in the UK (10 babies) and 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Prithvi mean?
Sanskrit
“the vast one”
A male given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Prithvi a girl's or a boy's name?
Prithvi is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the UK and 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Prithvi in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,342nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 400% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were named Prithvi, making it the 2,342nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Prithvi in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,265th in England and Wales.
Prithvi in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,342 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #6,416 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #1,775 |
How popular is Prithvi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Prithvi, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 21 boys. It first appears in the records in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Prithvi in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Prithvi in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 12 | #6,822 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 14 | #5,995 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 11 | #6,006 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 5 | #9,008 |
Names like Prithvi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Ravi, Avi, Yuvraj, Shivansh, Pranav, Vihaan, Priyansh, Kavi, Avyaan, Dhruv, Veer
Names related to Prithvi
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veda, India
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, “Prithvi: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/prithvi, updated 20 October 2026.