Vignesh — boys' name
257 babies named Vignesh in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
53% of everyone ever named Vignesh was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Vignesh in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vignesh
The Social Security Administration has registered 257 babies named Vignesh between 1991 and 2020, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vignesh currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vignesh performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 135 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Vignesh 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 New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Vignesh in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vignesh 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 257 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.
Vignesh at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vignesh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1991
- Peak year (1998)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
257 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 18 births in a single year.
Vignesh by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 135 births that decade — 53% of Vignesh's all-time total
Vignesh decade highlights
- Peak decade 135 births
- Runner-up 81 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Vignesh's strongest decade
135 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
Vignesh by state
Where Vignesh concentrates geographically — total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 1.9% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.9% |
5 of 257 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 1.9% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.9% 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, 1991–2020 (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.