Jayant
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Jayant is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Jayant mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Jayant a girl's or a boy's name?
Jayant is a boys' name.
How popular is Jayant in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1984.
Half of all the boys named Jayant in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Jayant in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
Names like Jayant
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Dhruv Viraj Ravi Pranav Rishi Krish Shiv Veer Vihaan Siddharth Shivansh
Names related to Jayant
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Jayant: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/jayant, updated 20 October 2026.