| Aarnav | Krishna | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Ocean, sea | Dark; black |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | AHR-nuhv | KRISH-nuh |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2012 (62) | 2007 (85) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Steady |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Aarnav | Krishna |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 88 | 339 |
| 2010s | 345 | 673 |
| 2000s | 138 | 655 |
| 1990s | 0 | 346 |
| 1980s | 0 | 152 |
| 1970s | 0 | 162 |
| 1960s | 0 | 53 |
| 1950s | 0 | 5 |
From the Sanskrit अर्णव (arṇava), meaning 'ocean' or 'sea', literally 'the foaming/surging water'. A well-established classical Sanskrit word for a great body of water, commonly spelled Arnav or Aarnav.
From Sanskrit krishna (कृष्ण), literally 'black, dark, dark-blue'. It is the name of the eighth avatar of Vishnu, the beloved deity of the Bhagavad Gita and Mahabharata, so the name is first and foremost a divine name.
Aarnav and Krishna are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Aarnav means Ocean, sea (sanskrit origin), while Krishna means Dark; black (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Aarnav first appears in 0 and Krishna in 0, so Aarnav has the longer recorded history.