Vaishnav — boys' name
84 babies named Vaishnav in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
70% of everyone ever named Vaishnav was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Vaishnav in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vaishnav
The Social Security Administration has registered 84 babies named Vaishnav between 2009 and 2023, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vaishnav currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vaishnav performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 59 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Vaishnav shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vaishnav in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vaishnav in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 84 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Vaishnav at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vaishnav popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2009
- Peak year (2017)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
84 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 11 births in a single year.
Vaishnav by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 59 births that decade — 70% of Vaishnav's all-time total
Vaishnav decade highlights
- Peak decade 59 births
- Runner-up 19 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Vaishnav's strongest decade
59 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
Vaishnav by state
Where Vaishnav concentrates geographically — total births since 2009
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 6.0% |
5 of 84 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2009–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.