# Avinash (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/avinash/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hindi |
| Meaning | “indestructible” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,053 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,053 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 163, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hindi अविनाश (avināś, “indestructible”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 26 | 3,893 |
| 2012 | 30 | 3,537 |
| 2013 | 15 | 5,686 |
| 2014 | 24 | 4,150 |
| 2015 | 29 | 3,695 |
| 2016 | 26 | 4,000 |
| 2017 | 18 | 5,123 |
| 2018 | 21 | 4,617 |
| 2019 | 18 | 5,174 |
| 2020 | 16 | 5,477 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,061 |
| 2022 | 18 | 5,238 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5,686 |
| 2024 | 14 | 6,228 |
| 2025 | 14 | 6,175 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2010 | 8 | 2,400 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 3 | 4,805 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: अविनाश

## People named Avinash

- Avinash Dixit, American economist
- Avinash Kak, American-Indian computer scientist

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.