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How popular is the name Nirav?
Births per year, rank history and how many Niravs are alive today.
Nirav (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 2952nd in 2025 and given to 7 babies. The name peaked in 1997, when 9 babies were given the name, the 1345th most popular that year.
The Nirav you are most likely to meet is around 32 years old - or else around 16: the name has two living generations. Half of all Niravs born in England and Wales are between 12 and 32, and there are at least 170 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Nirav - on average, only one in every 1,783 such rooms contains a Nirav.
How many babies are named Nirav each year?
Where does Nirav rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Nirav most popular?
Nirav peaked in 1997, when 9 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Nirav?
At least 170 people named Nirav born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Nirav?
Most living Niravs are between 12 and 32; the most common age is about 32. There is a second cluster around 16.
Is Nirav becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.