Arnav — #3831 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Arnav

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,542 babies named Arnav between 1991 and 2024, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Arnav currently holds the #3831 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2011, when 249 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Arnav performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,651 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Arnav shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 733 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New Jersey and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Arnav in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Arnav 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 3,542 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.