boy's name

Viktor

  • Origin Latin
  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 6
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 7,310

Northern Ireland

#479

2016 births

Viktor is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 162 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Viktor is a name of Latin origin.
  • Peaked in 2018, when 179 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 20,465 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1953.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Viktor over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,518
'50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Viktor by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1950s 15
1960s 65
1970s 57
1980s 91
1990s 244
2000s 760
2010s 1,518
2020s (to 2025) 884

How popular is Viktor?

In 2025, Viktor was given to 162 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Viktor is used

Northern Ireland #479 3 in 2016
Canada #532 53 in 2024
France #620 70 in 2025
Ireland #631 5 in 2024
Scotland #826 3 in 2023
England & Wales #945 33 in 2025
United States #1,237 162 in 2025

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 Viktor

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

Parents who like Viktor also like

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

Viktor in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Italian
Vittorio
Polish
Wiktor
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Victorin Victorino

Sibling names for Viktor

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

Common questions about Viktor

How popular is the name Viktor?

In 2025, Viktor was given to 162 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

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

Viktor is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Viktor?

Viktor has 2 syllables.

When was Viktor most popular?

Viktor peaked in 2018, when 179 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Viktor a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Viktor currently ranks #532 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.