# Pavan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/pavan/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 564 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 564 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 520, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पवन (pavana).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 20 | 4,757 |
| 2008 | 12 | 7,082 |
| 2009 | 13 | 6,718 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10,465 |
| 2011 | 7 | 10,498 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,658 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,445 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,765 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,350 |
| 2016 | 6 | 11,774 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,649 |
| 2019 | 5 | 13,628 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,550 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,654 |
| 2025 | 7 | 10,417 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 6 | 3,218 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,721 |
| 2009 | 10 | 2,326 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 9 | 2,649 |
| 2014 | 8 | 2,862 |
| 2015 | 7 | 3,252 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,757 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 3 | 5,591 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 13 | 1,688 |
| 2012 | 14 | 1,669 |
| 2013 | 10 | 2,055 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 11 | 2,052 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2019 | 7 | 2,728 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## 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.