boy's name

Vikas

  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 550

Vikas is a boy's name. In 2013 it was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in 1983, when 22 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1970.

Vikas over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2010s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2013, not a full ten years.

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'70 '80 '90 '00 '10
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Births named Vikas by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 101
1980s 159
1990s 128
2000s 98
2010s (to 2013) 33

How popular is Vikas?

In 2013, Vikas was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Vikas is used

Canada #2,091 5 in 1996
England & Wales #5,127 3 in 2008
United States #8,335 9 in 2013

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Vikas

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Vikas also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Vikas over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Vikas

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Vikas — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Vikas

How popular is the name Vikas?

In 2013, Vikas was given to 9 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Vikas a girl's or a boy's name?

Vikas is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Vikas most popular?

Vikas peaked in 1983, when 22 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.