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Naveen

Boys' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,800 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#2,056 among boys
Births in 2025
72 1,847 since 1880
Typical age
13 years, median

Naveen popularity over time

Naveen rank by birth year, 1972–2025Naveen ranked #3,152 in 1972 and #2,056 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #2,056, in 2025.#2,05619801990200020102020
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1972–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2013 is the peak year for Naveen, with 82 births. The name does not appear in the data until 1972. As of 2025 the name sits at #2,056, with 72 births that year.

Over ten years the count has risen 24%. It climbed 420 places against the previous year.

Babies named Naveen per yearPeaks at 82 births in 2013.82 in 2013019801990200020102020
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Naveen?

About 1,800 people named Naveen are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 1,847 births under the name since 1880. The split is about 340 women and 1,500 men.

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 Naveen?

Half of living Naveens are older than 13, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 2010s. By the site’s era rules that makes Naveen a current name.

Your Naveen

Ages of living people named NaveenHalf of living Naveens are older than 13 and half younger.median 1302040
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Naveen is most common

California uses the name 1.3× as often as the country as a whole.

Where Naveen is used more than average1 states use the name Naveen 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: 1.3× 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 Naveen is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
California 92 1.3×

Is Naveen a boy's or a girl's name?

18% girls82% boys
Share of all recorded US births under this name, 1880 to the latest year.

Mostly given to boys: 11.1% of the last ten years of births were girls. Across the whole record, 18.4% of births under the name were girls.

Where the name Naveen comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit नवीन.

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 Naveen

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Naveen Andrews British actor (1969-) 1969 52
Naveen Patnaik 14th Chief Minister of Odisha 1946 23
Naveen Waqar Pakistani actor-model 1985 10
Naveen Jindal Indian politician 1970 10
Photo credits (2)

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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