Aarav Boy
How popular is Aarav?
#710 boy name in 2025
377 baby boys were named Aarav in the US in 2025, making it the 710th most popular boy name.
Aarav popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #710 for boys (▼ 34 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 377 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #529 in 2015, #638 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (541 boys) |
| Highest rank | #523 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 2002 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Aarav counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aarav family of names ranked #661 for boys in 2025 (#619 the year before), with 394 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aarav | 377 | 96% |
| Arav | 17 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Aarav is most popular
Babies named Aarav per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.8 per 1,000 (154 boys)
- Washington: 0.7 per 1,000 (114 boys)
- Connecticut: 0.4 per 1,000 (29 boys)
- California: 0.4 per 1,000 (390 boys)
- Massachusetts: 0.4 per 1,000 (56 boys)
Aarav by decade
Boy names about as popular as Aarav
Questions
- Is Aarav a boy or girl name?
- Aarav is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Aarav were boys.
- How popular is the name Aarav?
- 377 baby boys were named Aarav in the US in 2025, making it the 710th most popular boy name.
- When was Aarav most popular?
- Aarav peaked in 2015, when 541 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #523 in 2014.
- How many people are named Aarav?
- 8,209 babies have been named Aarav in the US since 1880. We estimate about 8,154 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 10.
- Where is Aarav most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Aarav was most common in New Jersey, at 0.8 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.