# Arvind (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/arvind/  
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 | “lotus” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Arvinda |
| US babies named this | 570 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 570 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 136, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi अरविंद (arvind, “lotus”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 26 | 3,541 |
| 2005 | 23 | 3,948 |
| 2006 | 16 | 5,322 |
| 2007 | 18 | 5,009 |
| 2008 | 20 | 4,727 |
| 2009 | 19 | 4,933 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,195 |
| 2011 | 16 | 5,449 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,095 |
| 2013 | 11 | 7,065 |
| 2014 | 7 | 9,728 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,092 |
| 2017 | 8 | 8,911 |
| 2019 | 5 | 12,307 |
| 2022 | 5 | 12,516 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 9 | 2,023 |
| 2008 | 9 | 2,097 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 4 | 3,895 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: अरविंद

## People named Arvind

- Arvind Apte, cricketer (1934-2014)
- Aravind Srinivas, AI Researcher

## 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.