Vikas
Boy · Sanskrit
Vikas is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Vikas mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from Sanskrit.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Vikas a girl's or a boy's name?
Vikas is a boys' name.
How popular is Vikas in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1983, with 22 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
Half of all the boys named Vikas in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2000, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vikas in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 10 | #7,422 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 12 | #4,556 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 11 | #4,157 |
| 1987 | 11 | #3,954 |
| 1986 | 16 | #3,002 |
| 1985 | 16 | #2,939 |
| 1984 | 20 | #2,436 |
| 1983 | 22 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 17 | #2,708 |
| 1981 | 16 | #2,777 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 13 | #3,167 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 13 | #3,036 |
| 1976 | 15 | #2,708 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 9 | #3,556 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 6 | #4,373 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
Names like Vikas
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ravi Vikram Viraj Rishi Avi Pranav Shiv Dhruv Aj Siddharth Krishna Vedansh
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