Recorded 1986–2019 Boys' name Peak 1991 187 births

Bhavik — boys' name

187 babies named Bhavik in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s311990s902000s272010s39
1990s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Bhavik was born in this single decade.

1991
Single peak year

14 babies were named Bhavik in 1991 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bhavik

The Social Security Administration has registered 187 babies named Bhavik between 1986 and 2019, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bhavik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 14 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bhavik performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 90 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Bhavik shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New Jersey, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bhavik in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bhavik 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 187 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.

Bhavik at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

187

Since 1986

34 years of records

Peak year

1991

14 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1986

Recorded for 34 years

Last year on file: 2019

Bhavik popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1986

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1991)
14
Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
46810121416 201920152007199919961993199019871986 10

Bhavik by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
90 births that decade — 48% of Bhavik's all-time total
1980s311990s902000s272010s39

Bhavik by state

Where Bhavik concentrates geographically — total births since 1986

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Bhavik
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New Jersey
5 2.7%
New Jersey share of Bhavik's total US births 2.7%

5 of 187 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bhavik?
187 babies have been named Bhavik since 1986. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1991 with 14 births.
When was Bhavik most popular?
Bhavik was most popular in the 1990s decade with 90 total births. The single peak year was 1991.
Where is Bhavik most popular?
The top states for the name Bhavik are New Jersey (5 births).
How long has the name Bhavik been used?
Bhavik has been recorded in Social Security data since 1986, spanning 34 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Bhavik?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bhargav, Bhavin, Bharat, Bhavesh, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1986–2019 (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.