# Vinayak (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vinayak/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 168 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 168 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 14, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Hindi विनायक (vināyak), Marathi विनायक (vināyak), etc., from Sanskrit विनायक (vināyaka). Doublet of Vinayaka.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 8 | 8,881 |
| 2005 | 5 | 13,261 |
| 2007 | 7 | 10,853 |
| 2009 | 9 | 8,948 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,747 |
| 2012 | 5 | 14,115 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,664 |
| 2014 | 9 | 8,743 |
| 2016 | 6 | 12,086 |
| 2017 | 8 | 9,635 |
| 2019 | 6 | 12,044 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,945 |
| 2023 | 6 | 12,154 |
| 2024 | 8 | 9,812 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,646 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: ڤِيناياك
- Chinese: 維納耶克 /维纳耶克, 毘那夜迦 /毗那夜迦
- Greek: Βιναγιάκ
- Hindi: विनायक
- Japanese: ヴィナーヤカ, 毘那夜迦
- Russian: Винаяк

## 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.