# Vaibhav (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vaibhav/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “splendor”, “magnificence” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 593 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 593 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 39, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वैभव (vaibhava, “splendor, magnificence”).

## 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 | 44 | 2,744 |
| 2012 | 28 | 3,797 |
| 2013 | 32 | 3,404 |
| 2014 | 27 | 3,883 |
| 2015 | 17 | 5,496 |
| 2016 | 19 | 5,113 |
| 2017 | 27 | 3,980 |
| 2018 | 12 | 7,099 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,675 |
| 2020 | 11 | 7,464 |
| 2021 | 14 | 6,316 |
| 2022 | 10 | 8,245 |
| 2023 | 6 | 12,141 |
| 2024 | 11 | 7,720 |
| 2025 | 16 | 5,830 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | 2,470 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2023 | 3 | 4,991 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 5 | 3,684 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: वैभव

## 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.