Naveen

#2,071 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Alternate transcription of Navin

Naveen has been given to 1,847 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #2,071 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 72 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 82% boys, 18% girls all-time.

Babies named Naveen, 2025

1 in 46,000

Naveen over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Naveen went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19722025

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.

Naveen: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Navin

Sanskrit

What Naveen means

Naveen is a alternate transcription of Navin.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Naveen → Navin. The family’s meaning is “new, fresh”, recorded in the naming reference for Navin.

Origin, language, and formation

Naveen is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

Naveen comes through Sanskrit नवीन.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Navin.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,508 boys were recorded with the name Naveen between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 72 in 2025; its best national rank was #2,071 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #2,410 in 2020 to #2,071 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #2,898 in 2015 to #2,071 in 2025.

In the United States, 339 girls were recorded with the name Naveen between 1989 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 32 in 2014; its best national rank was #4,519 in 2014.

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 Naveen?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 46,000
72 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 23,700
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#2,071
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
31,916 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Naveen 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 5001%

Put another way: gather 31,916 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Naveen. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Naveens were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Naveen was born before 2012 — so the typical Naveen is around 13 today.

Median birth year
2012
About 13 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
30.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
74.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,508
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 30.0% of all recorded uses (452).

Is Naveen 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
+426
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+339
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+827
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
1.76×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (72)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
17.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,071
2025

Spellings of Naveen

Naveen is not the most common spelling — Lavern is, with 14.5% against Naveen's 2.1%.

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.

Where Naveen is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Naveen was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 188,883 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 100,000
  2. 2New York1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Illinois1 in —
  5. 5New Jersey1 in —
  6. 6Pennsylvania1 in —
  7. 7Texas1 in —
  8. 8Virginia1 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. Naveen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Naveen is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Naveen was most concentrated in New Mexico — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 560,044 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1New Mexico1 in 100,000
  2. 2California1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls 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. Naveen has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Naveen around the world

Where Naveen 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
    1996–2020
    #3,848
    in 2020
  • France
    1999–2025
    #4,445
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #2,328
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1987–1987
    #464
    in 1987

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Naveen by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#2,071
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 339
Best rank ever
#2,071
2025
Peak year
2025
72 that year
First recorded
1972
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,508
Count in 2025
72

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,519
2014
Peak year
2014
32 that year
First recorded
1989
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
339
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Naveen

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

Sibling names for Naveen

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

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