Vyan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VYAHN
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Vyan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “the pervading vital breath”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies) and 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Vyan mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit vyana, one of the five vital breaths in yoga
“the pervading vital breath”
In yoga and Ayurveda, vyana is the breath said to circulate through the whole body.
Is Vyan a girl's or a boy's name?
Vyan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK and 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vyan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,301among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Vyan, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,108th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Vyan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Vyan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 3 | #4,837 |
How popular is Vyan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15about 1 in 110,000 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, 15 boys in the US were named Vyan, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 2012.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Vyan in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vyan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 16 | #5,557 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
Names like Vyan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vihaan Veer Aarav Avyaan Shivansh Aviraj Vansh Dhyan Viraj Dhruv Vivaan Yuvraj
Names related to Vyan
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, “Vyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vyan, updated 20 October 2026.