Vihaan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- vih-HAHN
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #468 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #910 for boys
Vihaan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “dawn, morning”. In 2025 it ranked 468th for boys in the UK (93 babies) and 910th for boys in the US (261 babies).
What does Vihaan mean?
Sanskrit: via Hindi
“dawn, morning”
A modern Indian name taken from a Hindi word for dawn or daybreak.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Vihaan a girl's or a boy's name?
Vihaan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 93 boys in the UK and 261 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vihaan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #468among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 93about 1 in 3,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 93 boys in the UK were named Vihaan, making it the 468th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 492nd.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Vihaan of any year since it first appeared, in 2006.
Half of all the boys named Vihaan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 boys in the UK were given Vihaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #442, up from #468 for this spelling alone.
- Vihaan 93
- Vihan 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 427th in England and Wales.
Vihaan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 93 | #468 |
| 2024 | 90 | #492 |
| 2023 | 69 | #597 |
| 2022 | 68 | #606 |
| 2021 | 65 | #633 |
| 2020 | 87 | #492 |
| 2019 | 68 | #606 |
| 2018 | 60 | #661 |
| 2017 | 65 | #632 |
| 2016 | 54 | #708 |
| 2015 | 53 | #700 |
| 2014 | 75 | #561 |
| 2013 | 73 | #550 |
| 2012 | 57 | #670 |
| 2011 | 36 | #892 |
| 2010 | 25 | #1,149 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
How popular is Vihaan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #910among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 261about 1 in 6,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 261 boys in the US were named Vihaan, making it the 910th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 716th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 491 boys. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the boys named Vihaan in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 278 boys in the US were given Vihaan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #806, up from #910 for this spelling alone.
- Vihaan 261
- Vihan 17
Vihaan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 261 | #910 |
| 2024 | 237 | #957 |
| 2023 | 282 | #855 |
| 2022 | 257 | #902 |
| 2021 | 303 | #807 |
| 2020 | 347 | #716 |
| 2019 | 431 | #629 |
| 2018 | 394 | #651 |
| 2017 | 383 | #666 |
| 2016 | 390 | #664 |
| 2015 | 415 | #638 |
| 2014 | 491 | #565 |
| 2013 | 428 | #592 |
| 2012 | 366 | #651 |
| 2011 | 212 | #937 |
| 2010 | 153 | #1,179 |
| 2009 | 113 | #1,471 |
| 2008 | 72 | #1,968 |
| 2007 | 35 | #3,186 |
| 2006 | 26 | #3,780 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 13 | #5,807 |
Names like Vihaan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Shivansh Avyaan Veer Ivaan Vivaan Yuvraj Krishiv Aviraj Arjan Viraj Nirvaan
Other spellings of Vihaan
Names related to Vihaan
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Aadhya Ishaan Siya Leena Veda India Avani
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, “Vihaan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vihaan, updated 20 October 2026.