Arnav

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Arnav: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Arnav: Recorded every year since 1999, it reached #542 in 2012, and it stood at #1,517 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#542highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2097
2000	#3036
2001	#1746
2002	#1411
2003	#1248
2004	#1280
2005	#1095
2006	#832
2007	#782
2008	#684
2009	#831
2010	#854
2011	#759
2012	#542
2013	#611
2014	#825
2015	#996
2016	#1187
2017	#1470
2018	#1284
2019	#1152
2020	#1548
2021	#2301
2022	#2529
2023	#2325
2024	#1517

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1999 to 2024.

In 2012: #542 among boys in England and Wales, #718 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2097 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #542 among boys in England and Wales, in 2012 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1517 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Arnav by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Arnav in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	5	1 of 10	5
2000s	207	10 of 10	21
2010sbusiest	347	10 of 10	35
2020s	58	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 35 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births rose by 26, from 41 to 67.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Arnav appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #542 in England and Wales in 2012.

Arnav's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1517	17	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2301	9	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1548	15	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1284	20	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1470	17	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1187	23	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#996	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#825	37	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#611	56	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#542	67	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#759	41	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#854	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#831	34	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#684	43	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#782	34	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#832	30	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1095	19	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1280	14	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1248	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#718	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1999 and 2024, ranked in 26 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #542, first reached in 2012.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 67 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2012, and 13 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Maude · #542, 26y
Avleen · #541, 22y
Cristiano · #541, 27y
Deniz · #541, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Andie · #541, 30y
Brennan · #543, 29y
Cristiano · #541, 27y
Deniz · #541, 30y

Arnav was ranked #542 in England and Wales · Boys in 2012. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Arnav and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Arnav without appearing here.

Arnav moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #5119.
Robyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #4270.
Maddison Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3036 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1280 and #3651.
Keith Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #2325 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1517 and #3688.

Moved ahead of Arnav

Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1411 and #848.
Cillian Compare
In 2013 they stood at #611 and #730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #825 and #550.
Aksel Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1152 and #1253 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #1548 and #1314.
Hunter Compare
In 2009 they stood at #831 and #848 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #854 and #625.

Moved the opposite way to Arnav

Andrea Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arnav went from #3036 to #1517 while Andrea went from #1167 to #1859.
Robyn Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arnav went from #3036 to #1517 while Robyn went from #3036 to #4270.
Shannon Compare
Between 1999 and 2019 in England and Wales · Boys, Arnav went from #2097 to #1152 while Shannon went from #2097 to #4702.
Aksel Compare
Between 2006 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arnav went from #832 to #1517 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1132.

Moved the same way as Arnav

Isak Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Arnav went from #3036 to #1517 and Isak from #3036 to #1517.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #542 in England and Wales in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Arnav by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Arnav by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Arnav moved ahead of

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