# Saurav (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/saurav/  
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 | Sourav |
| US babies named this | 203 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 203 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 42, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 11 | 7,022 |
| 2006 | 5 | 13,659 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10,699 |
| 2008 | 7 | 10,826 |
| 2009 | 11 | 7,605 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,671 |
| 2011 | 11 | 7,414 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,556 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,645 |
| 2014 | 6 | 11,867 |
| 2015 | 8 | 9,424 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,524 |
| 2017 | 9 | 8,720 |
| 2018 | 7 | 10,553 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,897 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 4 | 2,357 |
| 1997 | 4 | 2,337 |
| 1998 | 4 | 2,419 |
| 1999 | 5 | 2,097 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2004 | 3 | 3,651 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,158 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: सौरव

## 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.