Vishwa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VISH-wa
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,207 for boys
Vishwa is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “world; universe”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 5,207th for boys in the US (18 babies).
What does Vishwa mean?
Sanskrit: from visva
“world; universe”
Is Vishwa a girl's or a boy's name?
Vishwa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 18 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vishwa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 333% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Vishwa, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2024, with 5 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Vishwa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
How popular is Vishwa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,207among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 18about 1 in 95,000 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, 18 boys in the US were named Vishwa, making it the 5,207th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,292nd. It first appears in the records in 2000.
2025 had the most boys named Vishwa of any year since it first appeared, in 2000.
Half of all the boys named Vishwa in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vishwa in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #5,207 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 13 | #6,292 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 11 | #7,044 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
Names like Vishwa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Vihaan Shivansh Veer Viraj Yuvraj Avyaan Aviraj Krishiv Vedansh Dhruv Devansh
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, “Vishwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vishwa, updated 20 October 2026.