Nirav

#6,701 in 2025Boys' name

Quiet, silent

Nirav has been given to 546 babies in the U.S. since 1972. In 2025 it ranked #6,701 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1984, with 21 recorded.

Babies named Nirav, 2025

1 in 255,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Nirav: meaning, origin, and history

Quiet, silent

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Nirav means

Nirav means “quiet, silent”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 546 boys were recorded with the name Nirav between 1972 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 21 in 1984; its best national rank was #2,414 in 1984.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #10,278 in 2020 to #6,701 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #8,513 in 2015 to #6,701 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 Nirav?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 255,000; 13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 131,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #6,701; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 176,762 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Nirav 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 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Nirav. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Niravs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Nirav was born before 1991 — so the typical Nirav is around 34 today.

Median birth year: 1991; About 34 years old
Biggest decade: 1980s; 28.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 41.4%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 546; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1980s — 28.9% of all recorded uses (158).

Is Nirav 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: +5,230; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +3,577; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +1,812; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.44×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 61.9%; Peak was 1984 (21)
Years since peak: 41; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 31.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,414; 1984

Spellings of Nirav

Nirav is not the most common spelling — Ira is, with 59.7% against Nirav's 0.59%.

Ira59.7%55,410
Hiram15.6%14,456
Aarav8.8%8,209
Kiran3.4%3,165
Viraj2.1%1,937
Niam1.9%1,798
Iran1.5%1,359
Nima1.1%1,052

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 Nirav is used

Across 1910–2025, Nirav was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,246,928 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2Illinois1 in —
3New Jersey1 in —
4New York1 in —
5Texas1 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. Nirav has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Nirav around the world

Where Nirav 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
1997–2025
#2,952
in 2025
Canada
2007–2007
#2,479
in 2007

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.

Nirav by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #6,701
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 3,577
Best rank ever: #2,414; 1984
Peak year: 1984; 21 that year
First recorded: 1972
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 546
Count in 2025: 13

Names similar to Nirav

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

Nirvan Niraj Nirvaan Kairav Gaurav Nirvair Arav Nirvik Nirved Nir Aarav Niran Nirvay Neerav Saurav Shaarav Purav Niral Nirmal Nirel Kirav Niranjan Mirav Sharav

Sibling names for Nirav

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

Janay Fawn Kyle Jenelle Bambi Adrianne Holli Jayme

For a brother

Whitney Jerrod Garrick Kelsey Derrell Arron Laron Torrey

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