| Kabir | Pranav | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Great | The sacred syllable Om |
| Origin | Sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | kah-BEER | PRUH-nav |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1976 | 1977 |
| Peak year | 2021 (284) | 2004 (236) |
| In 2025 | 227 | 56 |
| Trend | Rising | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Kabir | Pranav |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 1,464 | 398 |
| 2010s | 1,373 | 1,426 |
| 2000s | 471 | 2,010 |
| 1990s | 178 | 358 |
| 1980s | 86 | 28 |
| 1970s | 29 | 5 |
Kabir means “great,” shared with the revered 15th-century poet-saint Kabir.
From Sanskrit pranava (प्रणव), the term for the sacred syllable 'Om', regarded as the primordial sound. A spiritually weighted name meaning the mystic syllable itself.
Kabir is more popular than Pranav today: about 227 US babies were given the name Kabir in 2025, compared with 56 named Pranav.
Kabir means Great (Sanskrit origin), while Pranav means The sacred syllable Om (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Kabir first appears in 1976 and Pranav in 1977, so Kabir has the longer recorded history.