Vash
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VASH
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Vash is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Vash mean?
Modern: probably from Vash the Stampede in the manga Trigun
Probably inspired by Vash the Stampede, the gunslinger hero of the Japanese manga and anime Trigun.
Is Vash a girl's or a boy's name?
Vash is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vash in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 94% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 18 boys in the US were named Vash, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the boys named Vash in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vash in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 21 | #4,738 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 23 | #4,293 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 15 | #5,796 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
Names like Vash
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Veer Kash Krishiv Aarav Ash Vivaan Vihaan Krish Shivansh Viraj Dhruv Ansh
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
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, “Vash: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vash, updated 20 October 2026.