Abhinav — #5528 US boys' name
1,955 babies named Abhinav in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 61% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Abhinav was born in this single decade.
133 babies were named Abhinav in 2008 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Abhinav
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,955 babies named Abhinav between 1990 and 2024, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Abhinav currently holds the #5528 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 133 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Abhinav performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 943 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Abhinav shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 372 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Abhinav in 16 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Abhinav in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,955 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Abhinav at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Abhinav popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1990
- Peak year (2008)
- 133
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
Currently ranks #5528 among boys.
1,955 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 133 births in a single year.
Abhinav by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 943 births that decade — 48% of Abhinav's all-time total
Abhinav decade highlights
- Peak decade 943 births
- Runner-up 725 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Abhinav's strongest decade
943 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Abhinav by state
Where Abhinav concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 372 | 19.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 162 | 8.3% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 151 | 7.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 69 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Michigan | | 56 | 2.9% |
| #6 | Virginia | | 56 | 2.9% |
| #7 | New York | | 27 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 22 | 1.1% |
372 of 1,955 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 16 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 19.0% of nationwide
- Texas 8.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 7.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.5% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 16 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 19.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Abhinav appears in 16 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1990–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.