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Prithvi

#6,352 in 2025Boys' name

The vast one

Prithvi has been given to 388 babies in the U.S. since 1996. In 2025 it ranked #6,352 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2009, with 21 recorded.

Babies named Prithvi, 2025

1 in 237,000

Prithvi over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Prithvi: meaning, origin, and history

The vast one

Sanskrit

What Prithvi means

Prithvi means “the vast one”, associated with pṛthvī.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

Borrowed from Sanskrit पृथ्वी (pṛthvī, “the vast one”), an epithet for Earth. Doublet of fold.

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Prithvi (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Prithvi is used in English. Its origins include Sanskrit.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 388 boys were recorded with the name Prithvi between 1996 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 21 in 2009; its best national rank was #4,707 in 2009.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,379 in 2020 to #6,352 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,226 in 2015 to #6,352 in 2025.

How common is Prithvi?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,352
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Prithvi 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 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Prithvi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Prithvis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Prithvi was born before 2011 — so the typical Prithvi is around 14 today.

Median birth year
2011
About 14 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
37.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
89.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
388
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Choose a decade

2000s — 37.1% of all recorded uses (144).

Is Prithvi 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
+368
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+1,027
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−126
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
66.7%
Peak was 2009 (21)
Years since peak
16
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.1% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,707
2009

Spellings of Prithvi

Prithvi is not the most common spelling — Rithvik is, with 66.8% against Prithvi's 33.2%.

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 Prithvi is used

Across 1910–2025, Prithvi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 570,178 across all states with data. It was least common in New Jersey (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New Jersey1 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. Prithvi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Prithvi around the world

Where Prithvi 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
    2000–2025
    #2,269
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2018–2024
    #1,698
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2004–2010
    #754
    in 2010

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.

Prithvi by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,352
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,027
Best rank ever
#4,707
2009
Peak year
2009
21 that year
First recorded
1996
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
388
Count in 2025
14

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Sibling names for Prithvi

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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