Vakaris
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- va-KAH-ris
- Origin
- Baltic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Vakaris is a boys' name of Baltic origin, meaning “evening”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Vakaris mean?
Baltic: Lithuanian, from vakaras 'evening'
“evening”
Linked with Vakarine, the Lithuanian evening star.
Is Vakaris a girl's or a boy's name?
Vakaris is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vakaris in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Vakaris, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 14 boys.
Half of all the boys named Vakaris in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Vakaris in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,193 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,179 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 14 | #1,804 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,534 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
Names like Vakaris
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Vihaan, Veer, Aviraj, Vivaan, Bodhi, Shivansh, Krishiv, River, Avi, Yuvraj, Viraj
More Baltic names
Aras, Liepa, Herkus, Gabija, Tauras, Vaida, Ugne, Austeja, Domas, Daina, Aija, Alanta, Deimantas, Deimante, Domantas, Eimantas
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Vakaris: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vakaris, updated 20 October 2026.