Virat
Boy · vi-RAHT · Sanskrit
Virat is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “immense, majestic”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).
What does Virat mean?
Sanskrit
“immense, majestic”
In the Mahabharata, King Virata shelters the Pandava brothers at his court during their final year of exile.
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- vi-RAHT
Is Virat a girl's or a boy's name?
Virat is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 47 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Virat in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Virat, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,052nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Virat in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were given Virat or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,668, up from #2,511 for this spelling alone.
- Virat 9
- Viraat 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.
Virat in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 10 | #2,328 |
| 2023 | 7 | #2,965 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 11 | #2,052 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,399 |
| 2018 | 8 | #2,576 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 9 | #2,378 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,167 |
How popular is Virat in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,718among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Virat, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,422nd. Its busiest year was 2019, with 54 boys. It first appears in the records in 2011.
2025 had more boys named Virat than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Virat in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were given Virat or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,037, up from #2,718 for this spelling alone.
- Virat 47
- Viraat 10
Virat in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,175 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,462 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,422 |
| 2019 | 54 | #2,463 |
| 2018 | 38 | #3,053 |
| 2017 | 42 | #2,839 |
| 2016 | 44 | #2,725 |
| 2015 | 37 | #3,084 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
Names like Virat
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Virat
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