Vedant
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- vay-DAHNT
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,162 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,477 for boys
Vedant is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “end of the Vedas”. In 2025 it ranked 1,162nd for boys in the UK (27 babies) and 1,477th for boys in the US (120 babies).
What does Vedant mean?
Sanskrit: from Vedanta
“end of the Vedas”
Vedanta, 'the culmination of the Vedas', is a major school of Hindu philosophy based on the Upanishads.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Vedant a girl's or a boy's name?
Vedant is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the UK and 120 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vedant in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,162nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27 about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 162% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were named Vedant, making it the 1,162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th.
2025 had the most boys named Vedant of any year since it first appeared, in 2005.
Half of all the boys named Vedant in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 37 boys in the UK were given Vedant or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #822, up from #1,162 for this spelling alone.
- Vedant 27
- Vedanth 10
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,196th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Vedant in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,162 |
| 2024 | 14 | #1,825 |
| 2023 | 14 | #1,812 |
| 2022 | 18 | #1,501 |
| 2021 | 14 | #1,791 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 14 | #1,765 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
How popular is Vedant in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,477th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 120 about 1 in 14,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 113% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 120 boys in the US were named Vedant, making it the 1,477th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,466th. It first appears in the records in 1997.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Vedant of any year since it first appeared, in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Vedant in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 179 boys in the US were given Vedant or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,062, up from #1,477 for this spelling alone.
Vedant in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 120 | #1,477 |
| 2024 | 105 | #1,620 |
| 2023 | 80 | #1,941 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,216 |
| 2021 | 65 | #2,172 |
| 2020 | 52 | #2,466 |
| 2019 | 45 | #2,765 |
| 2018 | 46 | #2,673 |
| 2017 | 41 | #2,890 |
| 2016 | 60 | #2,228 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 58 | #2,275 |
| 2013 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2012 | 58 | #2,237 |
| 2011 | 61 | #2,144 |
| 2010 | 59 | #2,211 |
| 2009 | 64 | #2,118 |
| 2008 | 68 | #2,038 |
| 2007 | 55 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 48 | #2,512 |
| 2005 | 48 | #2,395 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 22 | #3,789 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Vedant
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Vihaan, Veer, Shivansh, Viraj, Yuvraj, Avyaan, Krishiv, Aviraj, Dhruv, Devansh, Vivaan
Other spellings of Vedant
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, “Vedant: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vedant, updated 20 October 2026.