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Vedant

vay-DANT /veˈdant/ Sanskrit

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
#1,477 of boy names (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025
120 (<0.01% of boys)
Trend
Rising #2,467 in 2020 to #1,477 in 2025
Peak
#1,477 in 2025
First recorded
1997

Meaning of Vedant

Vedant, pronounced vay-DANT, draws its roots from Sanskrit and translates to “the culmination of knowledge,” a nod to the Vedanta school of Hindu philosophy that, much like the Roman maxim nosce te ipsum, seeks the summit of self-understanding. In the United States, the name has maintained a quiet but consistent trajectory, settling in the 800s of the Social Security charts for two decades—evidence of a steady, niche appeal among families who favor substance over headline popularity. Its crisp cadence and open vowels travel smoothly across cultures, meeting the modern taste for concise, globally friendly names while retaining a gravitas anchored in centuries of spiritual inquiry. Vedant therefore stands as a bridge between East and West, infusing a newborn’s identity with scholarly depth and, as one might say in Latin America, con carácter y visión de futuro.

How to pronounce Vedant

Sanskrit

Popularity of Vedant in the U.S.

Vedant was the #1,477 boy name in the U.S. in 2025, with 120 babies. It first appears in the records in 1997.

Bar and line chart: Vedant in the U.S., 1997–2025. Bars: boys given the name each year, most 120 in 2025. Line: rank among boy names, peak #1,477 in 2025.
  • Boys named Vedant (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. boy names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 1997–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 1997⁠–⁠2025 28 rows
Vedant: babies and rank among boy names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
20251201,477▲ 143
20241051,620▲ 321
2023801,941▲ 276
2022652,217▼ 44
2021652,173▲ 294
2020522,467▲ 299
2019452,766▼ 92
2018462,674▲ 217
2017412,891▼ 663
2016602,228▲ 258
2015502,486▼ 209
2014582,277▲ 125
2013522,402▼ 164
2012582,238▼ 93
2011612,145▲ 67
2010592,212▼ 93
2009642,119▼ 80
2008682,039▲ 298
2007552,337▲ 176
2006482,513▼ 114
2005482,399▲ 1,336
2004243,735▲ 881
2003174,616▼ 822
2002223,794▲ 327
2001194,121▲ 1,799
2000115,920▲ 610
199996,530back (not recorded in 1998)
199759,265new

Vedant by state

Vedant ranks #529 in Washington (2025).

Map: Vedant's 2025 rank among boy names in each U.S. state
Rank among boy names by state, 2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Rank by state 9 states
Vedant: rank and babies by state, 2025
StateRankBabies
Washington52913
New Jersey65510
Massachusetts7895
California90625
Georgia9908
North Carolina1,0287
Texas1,09420
Illinois1,1336
New York1,5766

Notable people named Vedant

  • Vedant Patel is an American government official who served as Principal Deputy Spokesperson for the US State Department under President Joe Biden.
  • Vedant Panesar is an Indian chess player.