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Abhinav

Boys' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,900 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#7,194 among boys
Births in 2025
11 1,966 since 1880
Typical age
17 years, median

Abhinav popularity over time

Abhinav rank by birth year, 1990–2025Abhinav ranked #5,823 in 1990 and #7,194 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,303, in 2008.#7,194best #1,303 in 20081990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1990–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2008 is the peak year for Abhinav, with 133 births. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1990. In 2025 it ranked #7,194 with 11 births.

The ten-year change is -81%. It slipped 1751 places against the previous year.

Babies named Abhinav per yearPeaks at 133 births in 2008.133 in 200801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Abhinav?

An estimated 1,900 living Americans are called Abhinav. SSA has recorded 1,966 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Abhinav?

Median age among living Abhinavs: 17. More of them were born in the 2000s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Abhinav a millennial-era name.

Your Abhinav

Ages of living people named AbhinavHalf of living Abhinavs are older than 17 and half younger.median 17020
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Abhinav is most common

California uses the name 1.9× as often as the country as a whole.

Where Abhinav is used more than average1 states use the name Abhinav more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 1.9× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Abhinav is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 71 1.9×

Where the name Abhinav comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit अभिनव.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Abhinav

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Abhinav Bindra Indian sport shooter 1982 38
Abhinav Shukla Indian actor (Born: 1982) 1984 12
Abhinav Kashyap Indian film director 1974 8
Photo credits (3)

People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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