girl's name

Jahnavi

  • Origin Indian
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 543

Jahnavi is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Jahnavi is a name of Indian origin.
  • Peaked in 2009, when 29 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 276,319 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1998.

Jahnavi over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1990s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Jahnavi by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1990s 19
2000s 197
2010s 192
2020s (to 2025) 81

How popular is Jahnavi?

In 2025, Jahnavi was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Jahnavi is used

Canada #3,536 5 in 2008
England & Wales #7,240 3 in 2025
United States #8,667 12 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Jahnavi

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Jahnavi also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Jahnavi over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Jahnavi

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Jahnavi — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Jahnavi

How popular is the name Jahnavi?

In 2025, Jahnavi was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Jahnavi a girl's or a boy's name?

Jahnavi is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Jahnavi most popular?

Jahnavi peaked in 2009, when 29 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Jahnavi a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Jahnavi currently ranks #7,240 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.