| Ayush | Devansh | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Long life | Part of the divine |
| Origin | sanskrit | sanskrit |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | AH-yush | day-VAHNSH |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 1992 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2005 (132) | 2017 (119) |
| In 2025 | 29 | 0 |
| Trend | Declining | Rising |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Ayush | Devansh |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 206 | 446 |
| 2010s | 793 | 504 |
| 2000s | 980 | 87 |
| 1990s | 77 | 0 |
From Sanskrit ayus (आयुस्), 'life, vital power, long life, longevity'. A blessing-name wishing the child a long life.
A compound of Sanskrit देव (deva, 'god, divine') + अंश (aṃśa, 'portion, part'), read as 'a part/spark of God'. The elements are genuine Sanskrit, though the compound itself is a modern coinage used as a name rather than a classical term.
Ayush is more popular than Devansh today: about 29 US babies were given the name Ayush in 2025, compared with 0 named Devansh.
Ayush means Long life (sanskrit origin), while Devansh means Part of the divine (sanskrit origin).
In US records, Ayush first appears in 1992 and Devansh in 0, so Devansh has the longer recorded history.