Abhimanyu

#3,847 in 2025Boys' name

Heroic, brave, fiery

Abhimanyu has been given to 307 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #3,847 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 28 recorded.

Babies named Abhimanyu, 2025

1 in 118,000

Abhimanyu over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Abhimanyu: meaning, origin, and history

Heroic, brave, fiery

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Abhimanyu means

Abhimanyu means “heroic, brave, fiery”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 307 boys were recorded with the name Abhimanyu between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 28 in 2025; its best national rank was #3,847 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #5,981 in 2020 to #3,847 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #5,746 in 2015 to #3,847 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Abhimanyu?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 118,000; 28 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 61,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #3,847; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 82,069 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Abhimanyu sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 82,069 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Abhimanyu. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Abhimanyus were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Abhimanyu was born before 2015 — so the typical Abhimanyu is around 10 today.

Median birth year: 2015; About 10 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 38.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 94.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 307; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 38.4% of all recorded uses (118).

Is Abhimanyu rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +2,986; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,134; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,899; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.87×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (28)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,847; 2025

Where Abhimanyu is used

Across 1910–2025, Abhimanyu was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,395,280 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Abhimanyu has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Abhimanyu around the world

Where Abhimanyu ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2011–2025
#3,684
in 2025
Canada
2019–2024
#2,328
in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Abhimanyu by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #3,847
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,134
Best rank ever: #3,847; 2025
Peak year: 2025; 28 that year
First recorded: 1993
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 307
Count in 2025: 28

Names similar to Abhimanyu

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Abhimanyu

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Leonor Karleigh Keren Kendyl Eloisa Shoshana Leigha Nila

For a brother

Evans Hamilton Caesar Tobin Leander Jerimiah Jorden Henri

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