MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Ayush mean?
Ayush belongs to the Sanskrit āyus vocabulary of life and its duration. The related compound form āyuṣa retains that lifespan sense.
Pronunciation
IAST: āyuṣ
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
आयुष
Letter-by-letter: āyuṣ
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Ayush in Indian usage
23,418 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.8%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 272 records (1.2%).
- Recorded as male: 23,146 records (98.8%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 171 |
| 1980s | 2,817 |
| 1990s | 20,275 |
| Other decades | 155 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 8,146 |
| Bihar | 4,595 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 3,702 |
| Rajasthan | 2,467 |
| Delhi | 1,782 |
| Uttarakhand | 874 |
| Haryana | 733 |
| Jharkhand | 730 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 163 |
| Other states | 226 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Ayush / M | 10 | 2,269 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Ayush; Table_6, C2296 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Ayush; Table_6, C2296
- Monier-Williams, āyuṣa, p. 149,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.