Govind

Boys' name

Form of Govinda

Govind has been given to 126 babies in the U.S. since 1999. 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 11 recorded.

Babies named Govind, 2022

1 in 677,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Govind: meaning, origin, and history

Form of Govinda

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Govind means

Govind is a form of Govinda.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Govind is used in Hindi, Marathi, Malayalam and Kannada.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Govind → Govinda. The family’s meaning is “finder of cows”, recorded in English with the source elements Govinda.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Govinda.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 126 boys were recorded with the name Govind between 1999 and 2022. Its highest annual count was 11 in 2001; its best national rank was #6,162 in 2001.

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.

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How common is Govind?

Govind had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2022, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2022: 1 in 677,000; 5 of 3,385,755 births
Among boys only: 1 in 349,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2022: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 469,366 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Govind 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 2022 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 469,366 children born in 2022 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Govind. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Govinds were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Govind was born before 2005 — so the typical Govind is around 20 today.

Median birth year: 2005; About 20 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 67.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 126; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 67.5% of all recorded uses (85).

Is Govind 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 (11)
Years since peak: 24; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 25.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,162; 2001

Spellings of Govind

Govind is not the most common spelling — Gavin is, with 96.6% against Govind's 0.06%.

Gavin96.6%189,270
Dovid1.7%3,394
Gavino0.91%1,782
Ovid0.38%741
Arvind0.29%570
Govind0.06%126

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.

Govind around the world

Where Govind 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
1996–2024
#3,689
in 2024
Canada
2003–2020
#2,945
in 2020
South Australia
2006–2006
#657
in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Govind by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,162; 2001
Peak year: 2001; 11 that year
First recorded: 1999
Last recorded: 2022
All-time count: 126
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Govind

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

Govani Arlind Govanni Govanny Milind Govinda Aravind Govan Governor Arvind Govany Rylind Gobind Jaylind Lind Orvind Edwind Lelind Wind

Sibling names for Govind

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 Alysa Danae

For a brother

Destin Cristobal Dallin Donavon Coby Kevon Zakary Keyon

Explore around Govind

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