Vasu
Vasu is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hinduism, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi.
- Hinduism
- Kannada
- Malayalam
- Telugu
Meaning & Origin of Vasu
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vasu is a name with multiple cultural origins: Hinduism, Kannada, Malayalam, Telugu, Tamil, Hindi.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hinduism
- Kannada
- Malayalam
- Telugu
- Tamil
- Hindi
The Story of Vasu
Vasu first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1996, with 8 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2004: 10 births, good for #6,976 nationwide. About 61% of every Vasu on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Vasu last appeared in the published SSA data in 2006, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 57 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Vasu
Vasu is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1996 and has accumulated 57 births in the dataset. Vasu's peak popularity came in 2004 when it ranked #6,976. Use the chart and map above to compare Vasu's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.