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Vinay

Gender
Boy
Origin
Sanskrit
UK rank, 2025
#5,065 for boys
US rank, 2025
#9,710 for boys

Vinay is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).

What does Vinay mean?

Sanskrit

A male given name from Sanskrit used in India.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Vinay a girl's or a boy's name?

Vinay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 7 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Vinay in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#5,065among boys
Babies in 2025
3about 1 in 100,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 56% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Vinay, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2000, with 31 boys.

Half of all the boys named Vinay in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 31 in 20002025
Vinay in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20253#5,065
20240–
20234#4,335
20223#5,017
20210–
20203#4,803
20195#3,597
20188#2,576
20175#3,608
20160–
201510#2,260
20149#2,378
20139#2,334
20129#2,382
20117#2,736
201010#2,141
200912#1,852
200818#1,378
20079#2,139
200613#1,558
200521#1,098
200422#1,010
200320#1,010
200225#821
200119#949
200031#654
199925#736
199829#671
199726#690
199627#645

How popular is Vinay in the US?

Rank in 2025
#9,710among boys
Babies in 2025
7about 1 in 240,000 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, 7 boys in the US were named Vinay, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1971.

Half of all the boys named Vinay in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

1971Busiest: 47 in 20032025
Vinay in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20257#9,710
20245#12,341
20235#12,232
20220–
202111#7,084
202011#7,029
20196#10,797
20188#8,813
201711#7,091
201612#6,721
20156#10,638
201428#3,691
201319#4,801
201229#3,622
201119#4,820
201021#4,516
200928#3,719
200821#4,537
200723#4,241
200628#3,600
200532#3,168
200438#2,737
200347#2,265
200228#3,184
200140#2,425
200034#2,669
199929#2,861
199830#2,708
199736#2,308
199626#2,833
199531#2,439
199420#3,320
199328#2,571
199222#2,993
199116#3,629
199025#2,623
198928#2,353
198825#2,362
198719#2,721
198618#2,776
198529#1,974
198426#2,035
198326#2,016
198224#2,165
198121#2,337
198023#2,213
197916#2,776
197823#2,068
197718#2,458
197614#2,825
19756#4,795
197415#2,547
19736#4,503
197211#2,989
197111#2,971

Names like Vinay

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Pranay Ravi Ajay Viraj Vikram Shivay Vansh Veer Shivam Dhruv Vihaan Aarav

Names related to Vinay

Vinny Vian Vin

More Sanskrit names

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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, “Vinay: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vinay, updated 20 October 2026.