Vaibhav
Masculine · “Glory”
Vaibhav is glory in the largest sense: the Sanskrit word covers grandeur, magnificence and the splendor that surrounds power. It is a modern Indian given name built on a very old abstract noun.
How old is the name Vaibhav?
Vaibhav first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Vaibhav alive today was born around 2010, making them about 15 years old. About 600 people named Vaibhav are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Vaibhav most popular?
Vaibhav peaked in 2011, reaching #2699 nationally. Today it ranks #5608, 2,909 places below that high. See the whole 2011 chart.
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Where it comes from
From vaibhava to Vaibhav
The story of Vaibhav
Vaibhava is a classical Sanskrit abstract noun and appears throughout the literature; its use as a personal name is modern, ordinary among Hindi-, Marathi- and Gujarati-speaking families from the second half of the twentieth century. It belongs to a group of names taken from Sanskrit abstractions — Vaibhav, Gaurav, Saurabh, Vibhav — that were popular in urban India in the 1970s and 1980s. American records show it from the 1990s with Indian professional migration and a peak in 2011, tracking the community rather than any single bearer.
Meaning
Glory, grandeur, magnificence
From Sanskrit vaibhava, greatness, power or magnificence, formed on vibhu, all-pervading or mighty. The reading is settled. The word is used in Sanskrit and Hindi of the splendor attaching to a god, a king or an occasion, and is not a personal quality so much as an atmosphere.
How the name formed
- vaibhava
- Vaibhav
Related forms: वैभव · वैभव · वैभव
Pronouncing Vaibhav
VYE-bhav
Two syllables, stress on the first, with the ai a diphthong. The bh is a single aspirated consonant in Sanskrit, not a b followed by an h, and English speakers produce a plain b.
Nicknames for Vaibhav
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
- 1991
- Most boys named
- 201144 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2699reached in 2011
- Change vs 2024
- +45.5%16 in 2025, from 11
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.
Vaibhav in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- वैभव in Sanskrit — related form
- वैभव in Hindi — transliteration
- वैभव in Marathi — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New Jersey.
Vaibhavs among us
people named Vaibhav are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 106,755 born in 2025 was named Vaibhav
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 Fergus test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Vaibhav's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Fergus climbed just as high around 1918, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Fergus's path sketches the road Vaibhav is walking now.
Vaibhav 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
Vaibhav beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Vaibhav in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled and unusually grand.
- Seven letters and two syllables keep it manageable.
- Vai works as a short form.
- The aspirated bh is lost in English speech.
- The ai diphthong is regularly misread as a long a.
- It is unfamiliar outside Indian communities and will be spelled out.
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Frequently asked
- How many Vaibhavs 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 Vaibhav are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Vaibhav in 2025?
- Vaibhav ranks #5608 among US boy names in 2025, with 16 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Vaibhav?
- About 1 in every 106,755 US boys born in 2025 was named Vaibhav — 16 in all.
- Will my child share the name Vaibhav with classmates?
- Vaibhav will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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