How Many People Are Named Vayu?
people named Vayu are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,261,198 people in the US has this name
Based on 272 babies named Vayu in Social Security records from 2018 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
69 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "air, wind" in Sanskrit. This is the name of the Hindu god of the air and wind, one of the five elements.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Vayu in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Vayu alive today is about 2 years old, and 100% are under 30. Three in four of them were 3 or younger in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Vayu first appears in the records in 2018 and was given most often in 2023, to 69 babies. In 2025, 68 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 2018 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Vayu has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,126, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #2,141.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,141 |
| Best rank | #2,126 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,959 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Vayu alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Vayu were born in California than in any other state: about 58 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Vayu was given about 4.2 times as often in California.
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