Vardaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- var-DAHN
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,372 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #3,239 for boys
Vardaan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “boon, blessing”. In 2025 it ranked 1,372nd for boys in the UK (21 babies) and 3,239th for boys in the US (36 babies).
What does Vardaan mean?
Sanskrit: Hindi vardan, from Sanskrit vara 'boon' + dana 'giving'
“boon, blessing”
In Hindu stories a vardan is a boon granted by a god, often as a reward for devotion.
Is Vardaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Vardaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 boys in the UK and 36 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vardaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,372nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 21 about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 21 boys in the UK were named Vardaan, making it the 1,372nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd.
2025 had the most boys named Vardaan of any year since it first appeared, in 2020.
Half of all the boys named Vardaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2022 and 2025, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,306th in England and Wales.
Vardaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #1,372 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
How popular is Vardaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 36 about 1 in 47,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 209% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 36 boys in the US were named Vardaan, making it the 3,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 2024, with 45 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Vardaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vardaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,239 |
| 2024 | 45 | #2,835 |
| 2023 | 18 | #5,250 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 8 | #8,784 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
Names like Vardaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vihaan, Avyaan, Aarav, Shivansh, Vivaan, Nirvaan, Yuvaan, Ivaan, Viraj, Veer, Aviraj, Viyaan
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, “Vardaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vardaan, updated 20 October 2026.