Vaishnavi

#7,460 in 2025Girls' name

Belonging to Vishnu

Vaishnavi has been given to 956 babies in the U.S. since 1993. In 2025 it ranked #7,460 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 59 recorded.

Babies named Vaishnavi, 2025

1 in 221,000

Vaishnavi over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vaishnavi: meaning, origin, and history

Belonging to Vishnu

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Vaishnavi means

Vaishnavi means “belonging to Vishnu”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 956 girls were recorded with the name Vaishnavi between 1993 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 59 in 2008; its best national rank was #2,991 in 2008.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,153 in 2020 to #7,460 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,140 in 2015 to #7,460 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Vaishnavi?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 221,000; 15 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 107,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #7,460; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 153,194 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Vaishnavi sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 153,194 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vaishnavi. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vaishnavis were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vaishnavi was born before 2011 — so the typical Vaishnavi is around 14 today.

Median birth year: 2011; About 14 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 42.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 93.6%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 956; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 42.7% of all recorded uses (408).

Is Vaishnavi rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −2,180; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −2,307; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −3,320; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.42×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 25.4%; Peak was 2008 (59)
Years since peak: 17; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,991; 2008

Where Vaishnavi is used

Across 1910–2025, Vaishnavi was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 230,715 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in 100,000
2New Jersey1 in 100,000
3Florida1 in —
4Illinois1 in —
5Michigan1 in —
6Texas1 in —
7Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Vaishnavi has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Vaishnavi around the world

Where Vaishnavi ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#2,605
in 2025
France
2007–2025
#5,225
in 2025
Canada
2000–2024
#2,463
in 2024
South Australia
1995–1995
#712
in 1995

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Vaishnavi by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #7,460
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 2,307
Best rank ever: #2,991; 2008
Peak year: 2008; 59 that year
First recorded: 1993
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 956
Count in 2025: 15

Names similar to Vaishnavi

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Vaishnavi

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

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For a brother

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