# Atharv (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/atharv/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,385 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,385 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 331, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit अथर्व (atharva).

## 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 | 59 | 2,205 |
| 2012 | 76 | 1,893 |
| 2013 | 72 | 1,931 |
| 2014 | 75 | 1,921 |
| 2015 | 91 | 1,703 |
| 2016 | 121 | 1,433 |
| 2017 | 127 | 1,384 |
| 2018 | 139 | 1,306 |
| 2019 | 139 | 1,313 |
| 2020 | 204 | 1,018 |
| 2021 | 217 | 1,006 |
| 2022 | 223 | 998 |
| 2023 | 222 | 992 |
| 2024 | 224 | 1,001 |
| 2025 | 187 | 1,132 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,459 |
| 2015 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,455 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 26 | 1,078 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,084 |
| 2023 | 40 | 814 |
| 2024 | 47 | 737 |
| 2025 | 34 | 914 |

## 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.