Vayu
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VAH-yoo
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,125 for boys
Vayu is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “wind, air”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 2,125th for boys in the US (68 babies).
What does Vayu mean?
Sanskrit
“wind, air”
In Hinduism Vayu is the god of wind and breath, and the divine father of Bhima and Hanuman.
Is Vayu a girl's or a boy's name?
Vayu is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 68 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vayu in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Newly popular new in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Vayu, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 11 boys.
In 2025, 10 boys in the UK were given Vayu or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,959, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Vayu 6
- Vaayu 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Vayu in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,149 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
How popular is Vayu in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,125th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 68 about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 434% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 68 boys in the US were named Vayu, making it the 2,125th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 69 boys. It first appears in the records in 2018.
Half of all the boys named Vayu 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 Vayu or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,407, up from #2,125 for this spelling alone.
- Vayu 68
- Vaayu 41
Vayu in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 68 | #2,125 |
| 2024 | 50 | #2,637 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,112 |
| 2022 | 32 | #3,531 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
Names like Vayu
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vihaan, Aarav, Shivansh, Avyaan, Viraj, Veer, Aviraj, Yuvraj, Vedansh, Krishiv, Gurbaaz, Harshiv
Other spellings of Vayu
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, “Vayu: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vayu, updated 20 October 2026.