Vikrant
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- vik-RAHNT
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #4,395 for boys
Vikrant is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “powerful; valiant”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 4,395th for boys in the US (23 babies).
What does Vikrant mean?
Sanskrit: from vikranta
“powerful; valiant”
INS Vikrant was the name of India's first aircraft carrier.
Is Vikrant a girl's or a boy's name?
Vikrant is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 23 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vikrant in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Vikrant, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 boys.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Vikrant in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
How popular is Vikrant in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,395th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 23 about 1 in 74,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 23 boys in the US were named Vikrant, making it the 4,395th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. It first appears in the records in 1980.
2025 had the most boys named Vikrant of any year since it first appeared, in 1980.
Half of all the boys named Vikrant in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vikrant in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,395 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 9 | #8,319 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #8,108 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
Names like Vikrant
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aarav, Vihaan, Shivansh, Veer, Viraj, Yuvraj, Avyaan, Aviraj, Krishiv, Vedansh, Adhrit, Dhruv
Names related to Vikrant
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Aadhya, Ishaan, Siya, Leena, Veda, India
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, “Vikrant: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vikrant, updated 20 October 2026.