# Saurabh (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/saurabh/  
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 | “fragrance”, “aroma” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 72 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 72 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सौरभ (saurabha, “fragrance, aroma”).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5 | 6,691 |
| 1980 | 6 | 6,115 |
| 1983 | 5 | 7,144 |
| 1985 | 6 | 6,392 |
| 1986 | 5 | 7,627 |
| 1991 | 5 | 9,370 |
| 1993 | 7 | 7,474 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10,266 |
| 1997 | 7 | 7,967 |
| 1998 | 10 | 6,216 |
| 2002 | 6 | 10,437 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,751 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: सौरभ

## People named Saurabh

- Saurabh Suman, Agri researcher in India - Nari Shakti award

## 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.