Jeevan
Masculine · “life”
Jeevan is the Sanskrit word for life, and it is one of the more direct names in this book — not a wish or a quality but the thing itself.
How old is the name Jeevan?
Jeevan first appears in US birth records in 1987 — 38 years ago. The typical Jeevan alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 500 people named Jeevan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Jeevan most popular?
Jeevan peaked in 2012, reaching #3450 nationally. Today it ranks #3757, 307 places below that high. See the whole 2012 chart.
Lists built from the same records:
Where it comes from
From jiv to Jeevan
The story of Jeevan
Jiv is an old Indo-European root — the same one behind Latin vivere and English quick, which meant alive before it meant fast — and Sanskrit built jivana on it for life itself. The word is used across the Indian languages and is particularly common as a name in Punjabi and Sikh families. It reaches American records with families from Punjab and the wider Indian diaspora.
Meaning
life
From Sanskrit jivana, life or living, built on the root jiv, to live; the same root gives jiva, the living soul, and it is cognate with the Latin vivus and English quick in its old sense of alive.
How the name formed
- jiv
- jivana
- Jeevan
Related forms: Jeevan · Jeevan · Jivana
Pronouncing Jeevan
JEE-van
Two syllables, first stressed. Every letter is sounded.
Nicknames for Jeevan
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1987
- Most boys named
- 201231 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3450reached in 2012
- Change vs 2024
- +11.5%29 in 2025, from 26
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Jeevan in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Jeevan in Hindi — transliteration
- Jeevan in Punjabi — same name
- Jivana in Sanskrit — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Massachusetts.
Jeevans among us
people named Jeevan are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 58,899 born in 2025 was named Jeevan
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Jeevan
- #3757
- Jeevan on the 2025 chart
- #894
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Jeevan went to 29 boys in 2025, but Jevan is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 34, which makes it the 894th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,863 places above the chart.
- Jeevan29
- Jevan5
About 1 boy in 50,238 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 58,899 for Jeevan itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Stinson test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Jeevan's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Stinson climbed just as high around 1927, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Stinson's path sketches the road Jeevan is walking now.
Jeevan sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Jeevan is headed
Jeevan looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 21% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Jeevan beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Jeevan in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning that could hardly be more direct.
- A documented Indo-European root shared with Latin and English.
- Six letters and two syllables, easy to write and to say.
- Jeevan and Jivan are both used in transliteration.
- It is used for both sexes in some Indian communities, so forms may guess wrong.
- It is close to Devan and Evan in an English ear.
Nobody names a baby alone.
Put Jeevan to the vote.
Add it to a family vote or a couple’s swipe deck — the other person gets one card, a simple answer and room to say why. No app, no account for them.
Only the people you invite can see your list.
Already decided on Jeevan? Hide it among decoys and let them guess.
What they receive
Someone added a name to your list
Jeevan
Masculine · #3757 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Jeevans are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Jeevan are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Jeevan?
- Jeevan is the most-used spelling in US records — 29 of the 34 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Jevan.
- How popular is the name Jeevan in 2025?
- Jeevan ranks #3757 among US boy names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Jeevan?
- About 1 in every 58,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Jeevan — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Jeevan with classmates?
- Jeevan will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Jeevan
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
Stanton#3757 · Reymundo#3757 · Greer#3757 · Zaven#3757 · Kelson#3757 · Javin#3757 · Faizan#3757 · Wilfred#3757
Looking for what else is popular rather than what resembles Jeevan? See the current top 100.
Choosing between Jeevan and another name?
See them side by side — full stats, history and a gentle verdict.
Compare side by sideIn a hurry? Just pick a winner — one tap, no sign-up, and you see how everyone else voted.
Weighing a whole shortlist? Add the rest in the builder, or settle it with a bracket.
Cast your vote
Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
No advertising trackers and no data sellinghow we handle your dataindependent and founder-run, about Name Battle