Recorded 1996–2019 Boys' name Peak 2004 203 births

Saurav — boys' name

203 babies named Saurav in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s202000s1022010s81
2000s
Peak decade

50% of everyone ever named Saurav was born in this single decade.

2004
Single peak year

18 babies were named Saurav in 2004 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Saurav

The Social Security Administration has registered 203 babies named Saurav between 1996 and 2019, spanning 24 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Saurav currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 18 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Saurav performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 102 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Saurav shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Saurav in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Saurav 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 203 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.

Saurav at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

203

Since 1996

24 years of records

Peak year

2004

18 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1996

Recorded for 24 years

Last year on file: 2019

Saurav popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1996

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2004)
18
Annual births at peak — across 24 years of records
05101520 201920162013201020072004200119981996 5

Saurav by decade

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

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
102 births that decade — 50% of Saurav's all-time total
1990s202000s1022010s81

Saurav by state

Where Saurav concentrates geographically — total births since 1996

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Saurav
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 2.5%
California share of Saurav's total US births 2.5%

5 of 203 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Saurav?
203 babies have been named Saurav since 1996. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2004 with 18 births.
When was Saurav most popular?
Saurav was most popular in the 2000s decade with 102 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
Where is Saurav most popular?
The top states for the name Saurav are California (5 births).
How long has the name Saurav been used?
Saurav has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 24 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Saurav?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Saul, Saulo, Saud, Saunders, 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, 1996–2019 (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.