Recorded 2000–2011 Boys' name Peak 2009 36 births

Vatsal — boys' name

36 babies named Vatsal in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s262010s10
2000s
Peak decade

72% of everyone ever named Vatsal was born in this single decade.

2009
Single peak year

6 babies were named Vatsal in 2009 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Vatsal

The Social Security Administration has registered 36 babies named Vatsal between 2000 and 2011, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vatsal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vatsal performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Vatsal shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vatsal 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 36 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.

Vatsal at a glance

Last recorded 2011

Total births

36

Since 2000

12 years of records

Peak year

2009

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2011

Active since

2000

Recorded for 12 years

Last year on file: 2011

Vatsal popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2000

Last recorded 2011
Peak year (2009)
6
Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
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Vatsal by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
26 births that decade — 72% of Vatsal's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Vatsal?
36 babies have been named Vatsal since 2000. It was last recorded in 2011. The peak year was 2009 with 6 births.
When was Vatsal most popular?
Vatsal was most popular in the 2000s decade with 26 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Vatsal been used?
Vatsal has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 12 years of data through 2011.
What names are similar to Vatsal?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Vatche. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2000–2011 (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.