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Vikram

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Vikram is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 62 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
620.00% of boys
Peak year
200065 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1969
2,042people given the name
Babies named Vikram, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

2,042 boys have been named Vikram in the United States since 1969, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2000, with 65 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2000, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2004, and the 2000s alone account for 26%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Vikram
1960s8
1970s127
1980s299
1990s343
2000s530
2010s490
2020s245

In 2000, its biggest year

Vikram was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2000 were Jacob, Michael, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 2000.

Names that rose and fell with Vikram

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.