Nirav

maleStatistical record

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

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

Nirav: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #1,345, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1345highest recorded position
4groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#1345
1998	#1821
1999	#2097
2000	#2501
2001	#1467
2004	#3009
2007	#4333
2008	#4432
2009	#3227
2010	#4678
2011	#2613
2012	#4805
2014	#4632
2016	#4810
2017	#4812
2019	#3937
2021	#3017
2022	#4001
2023	#4991
2024	#5119

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #1345 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1345 among boys in England and Wales, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Nirav 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 Nirav in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	3 of 10	7
2000sbusiest	28	6 of 10	5
2010s	26	7 of 10	4
2020s	16	4 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

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

Nirav appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1345 in England and Wales in 1997.

Nirav'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	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#4001	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4810	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#4632	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3009	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1467	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#2501	4	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2097	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1345	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,345, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in England and Wales in 1997.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
2 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period2 to 3 years missing →
#5,119position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
9births registered in its largest year, 1997Under 25 births →

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Nirvair · #576, 13y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Ashish · #1345, 16y
Minhaj · #1345, 19y
Eden-Rose · #1343, 17y
Melia · #1343, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Akil · #1345, 27y
Aryeh · #1345, 26y
Ashish · #1345, 16y
Bleddyn · #1345, 29y

Nirav 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 Nirav without appearing here.

Nirav moved ahead of

Brooke Compare
In 2018 they stood at #4812 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #4702.

Moved ahead of Nirav

Henrik Compare
In 2006 they stood at #3009 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #4333 and #1885.
Gustav Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2613 and #3300 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #4805 and #2458.
Leif Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2613 and #3300 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #4805 and #2458.
Arlo Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1467 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #3009 and #875.

Moved the opposite way to Nirav

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nirav went from #1345 to #5119 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nirav went from #1345 to #5119 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nirav went from #1345 to #5119 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nirav went from #1345 to #5119 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as Nirav

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nirav went from #1345 to #5119 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nirav went from #1345 to #5119 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nirav went from #1345 to #5119 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Nirav went from #1345 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1345 in England and Wales in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Nirav

Nirav at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Nirav by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Nirav at a glance

Nirav by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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