Vaayu
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Vaayu is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “wind, air”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 2,990th for boys in the US (41 babies).
What does Vaayu mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Vayu
“wind, air”
Vayu is the Hindu god of the wind, honoured as the father of Hanuman in the Ramayana.
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Is Vaayu a girl's or a boy's name?
Vaayu is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 41 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vaayu in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 567% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Vaayu, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2023, with 10 boys.
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were given Vaayu or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,959, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Vayu 6
- Vaayu 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Vaayu in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
How popular is Vaayu in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,990among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 41about 1 in 42,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popularnew in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 41 boys in the US were named Vaayu, making it the 2,990th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. Its busiest year was 2024, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 2019.
Half of all the boys named Vaayu in the US since 1880 were born between 2022 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 109 boys in the US were given Vaayu or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,407, up from #2,990 for this spelling alone.
- Vayu 68
- Vaayu 41
Vaayu in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 41 | #2,990 |
| 2024 | 49 | #2,674 |
| 2023 | 42 | #2,951 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
Names like Vaayu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vihaan Aarav Shivansh Avyaan Viraj Veer Aviraj Yuvraj Krishiv Vedansh Gurbaaz Harshiv
Other spellings of Vaayu
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