| Krishna | Aarnav | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Dark; black | Ocean, sea |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | KRISH-nuh | AHR-nuhv |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2007 (85) | 2012 (62) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Steady | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Krishna | Aarnav |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 339 | 88 |
| 2010s | 673 | 345 |
| 2000s | 655 | 138 |
| 1990s | 346 | 0 |
| 1980s | 152 | 0 |
| 1970s | 162 | 0 |
| 1960s | 53 | 0 |
| 1950s | 5 | 0 |
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.
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.
Krishna and Aarnav are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Krishna means Dark; black (sanskrit origin), while Aarnav means Ocean, sea (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Krishna first appears in 0 and Aarnav in 0, so Krishna has the longer recorded history.