Vaibhav
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,747 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Vaibhav is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “splendor, magnificence”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Vaibhav mean?
Sanskrit
“splendor, magnificence”
A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Vaibhav a girl's or a boy's name?
Vaibhav is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vaibhav in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 267% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Vaibhav, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2003, with 5 boys.
2025 had more boys named Vaibhav than any year since 2003.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Vaibhav in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
How popular is Vaibhav in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Vaibhav, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2011, with 44 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had more boys named Vaibhav than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Vaibhav in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vaibhav in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 17 | #5,285 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 32 | #3,337 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 44 | #2,698 |
| 2010 | 28 | #3,707 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,330 |
| 2008 | 37 | #3,101 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 22 | #4,057 |
| 2004 | 29 | #3,281 |
| 2003 | 18 | #4,421 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 16 | #4,670 |
| 2000 | 14 | #5,034 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
Names like Vaibhav
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Vihaan Pranav Veer Yuvraj Viraj Dhruv Shivansh Krishiv Madhav Shiv Keshav
Names related to Vaibhav
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Veda
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, “Vaibhav: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vaibhav, updated 20 October 2026.