Shravan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- SHRAH-vun
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Shravan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “hearing; the month of Shravan”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Shravan mean?
Sanskrit: from sravana
“hearing; the month of Shravan”
In Hindu tradition Shravan Kumar, who carried his blind parents on pilgrimage, is a model of devotion to parents.
Is Shravan a girl's or a boy's name?
Shravan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Shravan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Shravan, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2016, with 8 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Shravan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
How popular is Shravan in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2012, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Shravan in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Shravan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 16 | #5,503 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 20 | #4,619 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 14 | #6,091 |
| 2008 | 16 | #5,482 |
| 2007 | 18 | #4,994 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 14 | #5,135 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 7 | #7,867 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
Names like Shravan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Shivansh, Vihaan, Yuvraj, Arjan, Avyaan, Shiv, Veer, Dhruv, Viraj, Siddharth, Shivam
Names related to Shravan
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veda, India, Avani
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, “Shravan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/shravan, updated 20 October 2026.