Vihan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- vih-HAHN
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Vihan is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “dawn, morning”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Vihan mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Vihaan, via Hindi
“dawn, morning”
A spelling of Vihaan, a modern Indian name taken from a Hindi word for dawn or daybreak.
Is Vihan a girl's or a boy's name?
Vihan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vihan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Vihan, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 15 boys.
Half of all the boys named Vihan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 100 boys in the UK were given Vihan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #442, up from #3,021 for this spelling alone.
- Vihaan 93
- Vihan 7
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Vihan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 5 | #3,712 |
| 2022 | 15 | #1,708 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,434 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 7 | #2,823 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 3 | #4,999 |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
How popular is Vihan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Vihan, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,731st. Its busiest year was 2013, with 51 boys. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had fewer boys named Vihan than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Vihan in the US since 1880 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 278 boys in the US were given Vihan or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #806, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
- Vihaan 261
- Vihan 17
Vihan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 20 | #4,886 |
| 2023 | 48 | #2,692 |
| 2022 | 30 | #3,689 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,360 |
| 2020 | 28 | #3,731 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 28 | #3,789 |
| 2017 | 35 | #3,248 |
| 2016 | 48 | #2,586 |
| 2015 | 33 | #3,364 |
| 2014 | 35 | #3,152 |
| 2013 | 51 | #2,423 |
| 2012 | 28 | #3,711 |
| 2011 | 24 | #4,108 |
| 2010 | 27 | #3,811 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 13 | #6,388 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
Names like Vihan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav Avyaan Shivansh Veer Arjan Viraj Yuvraj Vivaan Aviraj Krishiv Vedansh Viyaan
Other spellings of Vihan
Names related to Vihan
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, “Vihan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vihan, updated 20 October 2026.