Ojas
Masculine · “vigor”
Ojas is a Sanskrit word for vitality — not energy in the sense of activity, but the underlying vigor a body has in reserve. In Ayurvedic medicine it is a technical term, and it names something closer to what keeps a person well than to what makes them fast.
How old is the name Ojas?
Ojas first appears in US birth records in 1999 — 26 years ago. The typical Ojas is a kid of about 8 — this name's wave is very recent. About 600 people named Ojas are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ojas most popular?
Ojas peaked in 2025, reaching #2765 nationally. Today it ranks #2765, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
Where it comes from
From ojas to Ojas
The story of Ojas
Ojas appears in the Vedic hymns as a word for the force of the gods and of the sun, and it was later given a precise place in Ayurvedic physiology, where it is the last and subtlest product of digestion — what the body distils from everything else and holds in reserve. Naming a child for it belongs to the wider Indian practice of using words from the classical vocabulary as given names, and it is a recent choice rather than an ancient one. It reaches United States records with Indian families, most often from Maharashtra and the north.
Meaning
vigor, vital energy; splendor
Sanskrit ojas means bodily strength, vigor and by extension luster or splendor. It is related to the root uj or vaj, carrying force, and it is a cousin of Latin augere, 'to increase', and through it of the English augment. In Ayurveda it is a specific term for the refined essence that sustains vitality and immunity. The reading is documented and not disputed.
How the name formed
- ojas
- Ojas
Related forms: ओजस् · Ojas · Ojas
Pronouncing Ojas
OH-jus
Two syllables, stress on the first, the second reduced almost to nothing. The j is the English j. English speakers say it correctly at first sight more often than they manage with most Sanskrit names.
Nicknames for Ojas
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
- 1999
- Most boys named
- 202546 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2765reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +12.2%46 in 2025, from 41
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.
Ojas in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- ओजस् in Sanskrit — transliteration
- Ojas in Hindi — same name
- Ojas in Marathi — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Washington, Texas.
Ojass among us
people named Ojas are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 37,132 born in 2025 was named Ojas
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Everton test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ojas's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Everton climbed just as high around 1988, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Everton's path sketches the road Ojas is walking now.
Ojas 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 Ojas is headed
Ojas should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low 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.
Ojas beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ojas in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- An exact, documented meaning from a technical vocabulary rather than a decorative gloss.
- Four letters, no silent ones, and easy for English speakers to say and spell.
- Short enough to sit in front of any surname, however long.
- The initials-style OJ will arrive quickly in an American classroom, with an association attached.
- The final s is part of the word and not a plural, which people will get wrong in writing.
- Its meaning is transparent in India and completely opaque elsewhere.
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Frequently asked
- How many Ojass are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Ojas are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ojas in 2025?
- Ojas ranks #2765 among US boy names in 2025, with 46 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ojas?
- About 1 in every 37,132 US boys born in 2025 was named Ojas — 46 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ojas with classmates?
- Ojas will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ojas
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