Vinayak — #9267 US boys' name
160 babies named Vinayak in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 35% of names given to boys today.
39% of everyone ever named Vinayak was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Vinayak in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vinayak
The Social Security Administration has registered 160 babies named Vinayak between 1989 and 2024, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vinayak currently holds the #9267 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vinayak performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Vinayak 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 Vinayak in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vinayak 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 160 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.
Vinayak at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vinayak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1989
- Peak year (2000)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
Currently ranks #9267 among boys.
160 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 10 births in a single year.
Vinayak by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 62 births that decade — 39% of Vinayak's all-time total
Vinayak decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 50 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Vinayak's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
Vinayak by state
Where Vinayak concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.1% |
5 of 160 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.1% 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, 1989–2024 (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.