# Arnav (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arnav/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | “ocean”, “sea” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,585 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,585 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 638, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Sanskrit अर्णव (arṇava, “ocean, sea”). Doublet of Arnab.

## What it means

Arnav is grouped under sea.

## 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 | 249 | 855 |
| 2012 | 243 | 868 |
| 2013 | 229 | 907 |
| 2014 | 242 | 891 |
| 2015 | 103 | 1,567 |
| 2016 | 126 | 1,389 |
| 2017 | 92 | 1,708 |
| 2018 | 75 | 1,961 |
| 2019 | 76 | 1,939 |
| 2020 | 59 | 2,294 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,127 |
| 2022 | 42 | 2,968 |
| 2023 | 36 | 3,298 |
| 2024 | 29 | 3,801 |
| 2025 | 43 | 2,887 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 41 | 759 |
| 2012 | 67 | 542 |
| 2013 | 56 | 611 |
| 2014 | 37 | 825 |
| 2015 | 29 | 996 |
| 2016 | 23 | 1,187 |
| 2017 | 17 | 1,470 |
| 2018 | 20 | 1,284 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,301 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 21 | 1,307 |

## 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.