Ayush
Masculine · “long life”
Ayush is the Sanskrit word for the span of a life — not life itself but its length, which is why it opens the name of India's traditional medical system.
How old is the name Ayush?
Ayush first appears in US birth records in 1992 — 33 years ago. The typical Ayush alive today was born around 2009, making them about 16 years old. About 2,000 people named Ayush are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ayush most popular?
Ayush peaked in 2005, reaching #1201 nationally. Today it ranks #3757, 2,556 places below that high. See the whole 2005 chart.
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Where it comes from
From ayus to Ayush
The story of Ayush
Ayus is a Vedic word and appears in the oldest layers of Sanskrit in blessings for long life. It opens Ayurveda, which means literally the knowledge of lifespan, and it names a king in the Puranic genealogies. Its use as a modern personal name is recent and belongs to the wave of short Sanskrit names that Indian families have favored since the 1990s, and it reaches American records with families from across India.
Meaning
long life, span of life
From Sanskrit ayus, vital force or lifespan; the same word opens Ayurveda, the knowledge of long life, and appears in Vedic blessings asking for a full span of years.
How the name formed
- ayus
- Ayush
Related forms: Ayush · Ayus · Ayush
Pronouncing Ayush
AH-yoosh
Two syllables, first stressed. Every letter is sounded.
Nicknames for Ayush
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1992
- Most boys named
- 2005132 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1201reached in 2005
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%29 in 2025, from 29
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ayush in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ayush in Hindi — transliteration
- Ayus in Sanskrit — same name
- Ayush in Nepali — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New Jersey.
Ayushs among us
people named Ayush are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 58,899 born in 2025 was named Ayush
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Ayush
- #3757
- Ayush on the 2025 chart
- #876
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Ayush went to 29 boys in 2025, but Aayush is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 52, which makes it the 876th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,881 places above the chart.
- Ayush29
- Aayush23
About 1 boy in 32,848 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 58,899 for Ayush itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jodi test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ayush's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jodi climbed just as high around 1973, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jodi's path sketches the road Ayush is walking now.
Ayush sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Ayush is headed
Ayush is easing off slowly — about 21% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ayush beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ayush in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Vedic meaning with a genuinely good sense — a full span of years.
- Five letters and two syllables, short by the standards of Sanskrit names.
- Very widely used across India and Nepal, so it has a large community behind it.
- The sh at the end is easy for English speakers, but the ay opening will be flattened.
- Ayush and Aayush are both used and the doubled a marks a long vowel.
- It is close to Ayaan and Ansh in an American ear.
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Masculine · #3757 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Ayushs are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,000 people named Ayush are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Ayush?
- Ayush is the most-used spelling in US records — 29 of the 52 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Aayush.
- How popular is the name Ayush in 2025?
- Ayush ranks #3757 among US boy names in 2025, with 29 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ayush?
- About 1 in every 58,899 US boys born in 2025 was named Ayush — 29 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ayush with classmates?
- Ayush will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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