Viggo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- VIG-oh
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,192 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,688 for boys
Viggo is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “battle, war”. In 2025 it ranked 1,192nd for boys in the UK (26 babies) and 1,688th for boys in the US (97 babies).
What does Viggo mean?
Old Norse: Scandinavian, from vig, battle
“battle, war”
A Scandinavian name from Old Norse vig, battle, originally a short form of longer names containing that element.
Is Viggo a girl's or a boy's name?
Viggo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 26 boys in the UK and 97 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Viggo in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,192among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 26about 1 in 12,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were named Viggo, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th.
2025 had the most boys named Viggo of any year since it first appeared, in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Viggo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,124th in England and Wales.
Viggo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 26 | #1,192 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 20 | #1,399 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,351 |
| 2018 | 9 | #2,388 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,461 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 11 | #2,011 |
| 2010 | 16 | #1,585 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
How popular is Viggo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,688among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 97about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 106% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 97 boys in the US were named Viggo, making it the 1,688th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,885th. It first appears in the records in 1913.
2025 had the most boys named Viggo of any year since it first appeared, in 1913.
Half of all the boys named Viggo in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Viggo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | #1,688 |
| 2024 | 81 | #1,938 |
| 2023 | 88 | #1,817 |
| 2022 | 73 | #2,059 |
| 2021 | 67 | #2,133 |
| 2020 | 41 | #2,885 |
| 2019 | 40 | #2,991 |
| 2018 | 48 | #2,616 |
| 2017 | 49 | #2,565 |
| 2016 | 37 | #3,110 |
| 2015 | 41 | #2,863 |
| 2014 | 42 | #2,803 |
| 2013 | 41 | #2,802 |
| 2012 | 31 | #3,447 |
| 2011 | 32 | #3,363 |
| 2010 | 41 | #2,873 |
| 2009 | 43 | #2,799 |
| 2008 | 25 | #4,041 |
| 2007 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 20 | #4,321 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 9 | #7,238 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
Names like Viggo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Viggo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/viggo, updated 20 October 2026.