# Ayush (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ayush/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | “live long” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,056 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,056 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 541, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Sanskrit phrase आयुष्मान्भव (āyuṣmānbhava) in the Mahabharata, meaning "live long".

## 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 | 103 | 1,533 |
| 2012 | 105 | 1,525 |
| 2013 | 97 | 1,590 |
| 2014 | 72 | 1,979 |
| 2015 | 76 | 1,913 |
| 2016 | 68 | 2,067 |
| 2017 | 59 | 2,243 |
| 2018 | 50 | 2,550 |
| 2019 | 48 | 2,660 |
| 2020 | 42 | 2,851 |
| 2021 | 38 | 3,129 |
| 2022 | 44 | 2,876 |
| 2023 | 24 | 4,359 |
| 2024 | 29 | 3,806 |
| 2025 | 29 | 3,769 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 798 |
| 2012 | 28 | 998 |
| 2013 | 33 | 882 |
| 2014 | 23 | 1,144 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 13 | 1,812 |
| 2018 | 18 | 1,382 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,316 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,314 |
| 2021 | 17 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## 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.