Aarav

What Aarav means

Means “sound; loud noise”

Transliteration of Hindi आरव (ārav, “sound; loud noise”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Aarav” (revision 66378063), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Aarav?

US: Falling: down from #529 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #287 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 526 boys got the name (#539 that year). First in the US records in 2002.

How common

• About 1 in 4,531 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,519 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WA (0.79 per 1,000 boys), NJ (0.75 per 1,000 boys), MD (0.52 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Aarav is #710 in the US and #257 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Aarav were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Aariv131 US · 21 E&W
• Aadiv7 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Aarav

Boys

• Arjun#490Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 7 babies
• Ishaan#893Editor’s note Up from #918 in 2015 to #893 in 2025 in the US
• Bodhi#265Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1976, with 5 babies
• Kieran#389Editor’s note Up from #512 in 2015 to #389 in 2025 in the US
• Rohan#810“to ascend”^*
• Jay#392“victory”^*

For a sister

• Lila#186“lilac”^*
• Avani#805“earth”^*
• Ila#718Editor’s note Up from #1,183 in 2015 to #718 in 2025 in the US
• Arya#158“noble, respectable”^*
• Anya#375Editor’s note Up from #550 in 2015 to #375 in 2025 in the US
• Maya#62Editor’s note Steady in the US: #68 in 2015 and #62 in 2025. About 1 in 430 US girls in the 2025 records

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Sanskrit & Indian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Aarav’s. Rank is US 2025.