Aayush
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AA-yush
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Aayush is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “life; long life”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Aayush mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Ayush
“life; long life”
From Sanskrit ayus, 'life, lifespan', the root also seen in Ayurveda, 'knowledge of life'.
Is Aayush a girl's or a boy's name?
Aayush is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aayush in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Aayush, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 27 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Aayush than any year since 2000.
Half of all the boys named Aayush in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Aayush in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,100 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 14 | #1,756 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,406 |
| 2013 | 19 | #1,398 |
| 2012 | 21 | #1,313 |
| 2011 | 27 | #1,077 |
| 2010 | 23 | #1,206 |
| 2009 | 18 | #1,391 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 19 | #1,180 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,494 |
| 2003 | 4 | #2,990 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Aayush in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 62% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Aayush, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,291st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 88 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Aayush in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Aayush in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,063 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,880 |
| 2022 | 36 | #3,276 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 59 | #2,291 |
| 2019 | 63 | #2,212 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,166 |
| 2017 | 43 | #2,797 |
| 2016 | 63 | #2,167 |
| 2015 | 88 | #1,740 |
| 2014 | 74 | #1,944 |
| 2013 | 65 | #2,064 |
| 2012 | 81 | #1,817 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,144 |
| 2010 | 86 | #1,751 |
| 2009 | 64 | #2,118 |
| 2008 | 64 | #2,124 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,034 |
| 2006 | 69 | #1,942 |
| 2005 | 51 | #2,293 |
| 2004 | 62 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 47 | #2,265 |
| 2002 | 46 | #2,245 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,978 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 10 | #5,834 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
Names like Aayush
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Shivansh, Yuvraj, Avyaan, Vihaan, Ansh, Aviraj, Atharv, Ayansh, Avi, Veer, Devansh
Names related to Aayush
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veda, India
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aayush: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aayush, updated 20 October 2026.