# Prithvi (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/prithvi/  
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 | “the vast one” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 388 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 388 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 91, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit पृथ्वी (pṛthvī, “the vast one”), an epithet for Earth. Doublet of fold.

## 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 | 18 | 5,143 |
| 2012 | 14 | 6,229 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,454 |
| 2014 | 17 | 5,428 |
| 2015 | 14 | 6,230 |
| 2016 | 17 | 5,495 |
| 2017 | 12 | 7,004 |
| 2018 | 10 | 8,018 |
| 2019 | 10 | 8,067 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,384 |
| 2021 | 12 | 6,997 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,142 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5,862 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,725 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,356 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 6 | 2,189 |
| 2004 | 4 | 3,009 |
| 2007 | 7 | 2,435 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 5 | 3,332 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,325 |
| 2024 | 11 | 2,088 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## 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.