How rare is the name Arnav?

3,724 people in the United States have the first name Arnav, about 1 in 81,104. It ranks #4,837 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 2 others.

first name

ARNAV

#4,837

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,724
About
1 in 81,104
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,724 people named Arnav, 96.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 1.3% as White and 1% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Arnav peaked in 2011, when 249 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19912025
Peak year
2011
Births that year
249
In 2025*
43 ▼83%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,585 babies have been given the name since 1991. 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.

Arnav by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #2,390. The largest share of babies named Arnav, 65.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1990s#13,81890
2000s#2,3901,597
2010s#2,5011,651
2020s#6,426247
Millennials 1981–960.9%
Generation Z 1997–1265.9%
2013 and later33.2%

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 Arnav is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Arnav has been most common in New Jersey (5.5×), California (2.8×), and Washington (1.9×), and least common in Ohio (0.49×).

2,641 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.

Exactly as common as Arnav

2 other first names also have 3,724 people.

#4,837 Blayne · 3,724#4,837 Cornelio · 3,724

Either side of Arnav

#4,835 Allyn · 3,726#4,836 Ki · 3,725#4,837 Blayne · 3,724#4,837 Cornelio · 3,724

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Arnav, most common first.

#18,671 Arnab · 575

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