MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vansh mean?
Vaṃśa originally names bamboo, whose successive joints provide an image of succession. The word extends to a family line, ancestry and descendants.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
वंश
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vansh in Indian usage
4,166 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
These totals and margins describe the spelling वंश.
Mostly recorded for boys (97%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 123 records (3%).
- Recorded as male: 4,043 records (97%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 103 |
| 1940s | 414 |
| 1950s | 708 |
| 1960s | 916 |
| 1970s | 766 |
| 1980s | 693 |
| 1990s | 566 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 3,629 |
| Bihar | 279 |
| Other states | 258 |
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 | Vansh / M | 12 | 2,014 |
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 Vansh; Table_6, C2129 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Vansh; Table_6, C2129
- Monier-Williams, vaṃśa, p. 910,1 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.