Vinayak
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Vinayak is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Vinayak mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Vinayak a girl's or a boy's name?
Vinayak is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vinayak in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 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, 8 boys in the US were named Vinayak, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2000, with 10 boys. It first appears in the records in 1989.
Half of all the boys named Vinayak in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vinayak in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 5 | #9,623 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #8,426 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
Names like Vinayak
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Viraj Veer Aarav Vihaan Dhruv Aviraj Shivansh Avyaan Krish Atharv Shiv Vedansh
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India
Sources
Figures from 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, “Vinayak: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vinayak, updated 20 October 2026.