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Vedant

Boys' name · Current · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,477 among boys
Births in 2025
120 1,407 since 1880
Typical age
10 years, median

Vedant popularity over time

Vedant rank by birth year, 1997–2025Vedant ranked #9,265 in 1997 and #1,477 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #1,477, in 2025.#10,000#1,477200020052010201520202025
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1997–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

2025 is the peak year for Vedant, with 120 births. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1997. The 2025 position is #1,477, on 120 births.

The ten-year change is +2.4×. It climbed 143 places against the previous year.

Babies named Vedant per yearPeaks at 120 births in 2025.120 in 20250200020052010201520202025
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Vedant?

About 1,400 people named Vedant are alive in the United States today. SSA has recorded 1,407 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Vedant?

The typical living Vedant is 10 years old. More of them were born in the 2010s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Vedant a current name.

Your Vedant

Ages of living people named VedantHalf of living Vedants are older than 10 and half younger.median 10020
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Vedant is most common

New Jersey uses the name 2.5× as often as the country as a whole. California, Washington and Texas follow.

Where Vedant is used more than average4 states use the name Vedant more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: 1.9× the national rateWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: 2.5× the national rateNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: 2.2× the national rateCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: 1.5× the national rateTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Vedant is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New Jersey 37 2.5×
California 163 2.2×
Washington 24 1.9×
Texas 100 1.5×

Vedant in England and Wales

In England and Wales, Vedant ranked #1,197 in 2025 on 24 births. That is 2.7× higher than five years earlier.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Vedant comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit वेदांत.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

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