# Aarav (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/aarav/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hindi |
| Meaning | “sound”, “loud noise” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,209 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 8,209 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,475, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Hindi आरव (ārav, “sound; loud noise”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 436 | 574 |
| 2012 | 435 | 586 |
| 2013 | 495 | 535 |
| 2014 | 531 | 523 |
| 2015 | 541 | 529 |
| 2016 | 519 | 552 |
| 2017 | 526 | 539 |
| 2018 | 488 | 565 |
| 2019 | 419 | 642 |
| 2020 | 419 | 638 |
| 2021 | 431 | 639 |
| 2022 | 406 | 673 |
| 2023 | 408 | 666 |
| 2024 | 404 | 676 |
| 2025 | 377 | 710 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 120 | 359 |
| 2012 | 127 | 346 |
| 2013 | 169 | 276 |
| 2014 | 170 | 278 |
| 2015 | 167 | 287 |
| 2016 | 159 | 303 |
| 2017 | 174 | 288 |
| 2018 | 131 | 349 |
| 2019 | 129 | 344 |
| 2020 | 143 | 320 |
| 2021 | 123 | 367 |
| 2022 | 113 | 375 |
| 2023 | 145 | 306 |
| 2024 | 135 | 326 |
| 2025 | 179 | 257 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.