Apurva

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Unpreceded, new

Apurva has been given to 130 babies in the U.S. since 1996. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2001, with 10 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% girls, 22% boys all-time.

Babies named Apurva, 2014

1 in 741,000

Apurva over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Apurva over time

In 2014, Apurva went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Apurva: meaning, origin, and history

Unpreceded, new

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Apurva means

Apurva means “unpreceded, new”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Apurva is used in Hindi and Marathi.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 102 girls were recorded with the name Apurva between 1996 and 2014. Its highest annual count was 10 in 2001; its best national rank was #8,869 in 1996.

In the United States, 28 boys were recorded with the name Apurva between 1973 and 1997. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1975; its best national rank was #4,347 in 1975.

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 Apurva?

Apurva had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2014, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2014: 1 in 741,000; 5 of 3,706,812 births
Among girls only: 1 in 357,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2014: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 513,874 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Apurva sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2014 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 513,874 children born in 2014 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Apurva. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Apurvas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Apurva was born before 2003 — so the typical Apurva is around 22 today.

Median birth year: 2003; About 22 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 64.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 102; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 64.7% of all recorded uses (66).

Is Apurva 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2001 (10)
Years since peak: 24; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 32.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #8,869; 1996

Spellings of Apurva

Apurva is not the most common spelling — Aura is, with 40.7% against Apurva's 0.83%.

Aura40.7%5,016
Ahuva15.6%1,922
Auria10.3%1,271
Aurea10.2%1,255
Azura8.2%1,011
Alura5.5%682
Arva4.5%552
Aparna4.2%522

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Apurva around the world

Where Apurva 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.

South Australia
2006–2006
#782
in 2006

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Apurva by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #8,869; 1996
Peak year: 2001; 10 that year
First recorded: 1996
Last recorded: 2014
All-time count: 102
Count in 2025: Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,347; 1975
Peak year: 1975; 7 that year
First recorded: 1973
Last recorded: 1997
All-time count: 28
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Apurva

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

Nirva Durva Apoorva Purva Manerva Nerva Merva Verva Norva Irva Narva Hirva Orva Arva Erva Minerva Marva

Sibling names for Apurva

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

Magaly Nyah Sheridan Lesli Nya Shyann Danae Joana

For a brother

Destin Cristobal Dallin Donavon Coby Kevon Zakary Keyon

Explore around Apurva

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