How rare is the name Aarav?

5,686 people in the United States have the first name Aarav, about 1 in 53,118. It ranks #3,599 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

AARAV

#3,599

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,686
About
1 in 53,118
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,686 people named Aarav, 95.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.9% as two or more races and 1.1% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Aarav peaked in 2015, when 541 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
20022025
Peak year
2015
Births that year
541
In 2025*
377 ▼30%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 8,209 babies have been given the name since 2002. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Aarav by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #1,172. The largest share of babies named Aarav, 72.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

2000s#3,489936
2010s#1,1724,828
2020s#1,3552,445
Generation Z 1997–1227.3%
2013 and later72.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Aarav is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Aarav has been most common in New Jersey (4.1×), Washington (2.6×), and California (2.1×), and least common in Kentucky (0.23×).

7,441 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Aarav

#3,597 Modesto · 5,688#3,598 Kamron · 5,687#3,600 Tito · 5,682#3,601 Tyron · 5,680

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