Vibha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VIB-ha
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Vibha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “radiance, light”. In 2025 it ranked 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Vibha mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit vibha
“radiance, light”
Is Vibha a girl's or a boy's name?
Vibha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vibha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 4 girls.
Vibha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 1 | #7,682 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #7,717 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 1 | #7,377 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
How popular is Vibha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,351st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 203% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Vibha, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 51 girls. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the girls named Vibha in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vibha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 28 | #4,770 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 51 | #3,170 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,569 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 20 | #6,040 |
| 2016 | 22 | #5,794 |
| 2015 | 33 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 32 | #4,420 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 31 | #4,607 |
| 2009 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2008 | 15 | #8,105 |
| 2007 | 19 | #6,808 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 18 | #6,523 |
| 2004 | 17 | #6,763 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
Names like Vibha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Viha, Krisha, Saanvi, Arya, Aadhya, Varnika, Navya, Anvika, Vaani, Priya, Vanya
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Shivansh
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, “Vibha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vibha, updated 20 October 2026.