Vijay
Boy · Sanskrit
Vijay is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Vijay mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Vijay a girl's or a boy's name?
Vijay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vijay in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 19 boys.
Half of all the boys named Vijay in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Vijay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 1 | #6,413 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,025 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 10 | #1,987 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 11 | #1,498 |
| 2002 | 11 | #1,384 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,209 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,188 |
| 1998 | 8 | #1,569 |
| 1997 | 14 | #1,066 |
| 1996 | 19 | #819 |
How popular is Vijay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Vijay, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,016th. Its busiest year was 2006, with 49 boys. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the boys named Vijay in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vijay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 5 | #12,016 |
| 2019 | 8 | #8,883 |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 10 | #7,542 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 18 | #4,981 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 2007 | 34 | #3,248 |
| 2006 | 49 | #2,476 |
| 2005 | 47 | #2,429 |
| 2004 | 47 | #2,372 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,616 |
| 2002 | 36 | #2,628 |
| 2001 | 34 | #2,737 |
| 2000 | 42 | #2,294 |
| 1999 | 41 | #2,228 |
| 1998 | 35 | #2,447 |
| 1997 | 27 | #2,819 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 35 | #2,248 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 44 | #1,870 |
| 1992 | 31 | #2,357 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 34 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,904 |
| 1987 | 30 | #2,016 |
| 1986 | 41 | #1,587 |
| 1985 | 38 | #1,643 |
| 1984 | 36 | #1,629 |
| 1983 | 32 | #1,747 |
| 1982 | 47 | #1,381 |
| 1981 | 37 | #1,601 |
| 1980 | 43 | #1,449 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 37 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 38 | #1,490 |
| 1976 | 24 | #1,998 |
| 1975 | 23 | #2,000 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 7 | #3,229 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
Names like Vijay
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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