Vignesh
Boy · vig-NAYSH · Sanskrit
Vignesh is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “lord of obstacles”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Vignesh mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit Vighnesha, from vighna 'obstacle' and isha 'lord'
“lord of obstacles”
Epithet of Ganesha, the Hindu elephant-headed god, as remover of obstacles; from Sanskrit vighna, 'obstacle', and isha, 'lord'.
- Say it
- vig-NAYSH
Is Vignesh a girl's or a boy's name?
Vignesh is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vignesh in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 4 boys.
Vignesh in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 1 | #6,198 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Vignesh in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Vignesh, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 18 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had more boys named Vignesh than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Vignesh in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vignesh in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 5 | #12,102 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 14 | #5,777 |
| 2005 | 17 | #4,819 |
| 2004 | 10 | #6,970 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 18 | #4,296 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 18 | #3,981 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 6 | #7,764 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 5 | #8,228 |
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