Vivek
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Vivek is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Vivek mean?
Sanskrit
A male given name from the South Asian languages [in turn from Sanskrit].
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Vivek a girl's or a boy's name?
Vivek is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vivek in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 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, 3 boys in the UK were named Vivek, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2003, with 23 boys.
2025 had more boys named Vivek than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Vivek in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2009. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Vivek in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 8 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 19 | #1,340 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 10 | #1,845 |
| 2005 | 20 | #1,133 |
| 2004 | 18 | #1,140 |
| 2003 | 23 | #923 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,193 |
| 2001 | 22 | #845 |
| 2000 | 13 | #1,165 |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,016 |
| 1997 | 18 | #899 |
| 1996 | 20 | #797 |
How popular is Vivek in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 75 boys. It first appears in the records in 1963.
Half of all the boys named Vivek in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vivek in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 16 | #5,661 |
| 2022 | 7 | #9,815 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,311 |
| 2012 | 24 | #4,128 |
| 2011 | 34 | #3,234 |
| 2010 | 24 | #4,098 |
| 2009 | 33 | #3,330 |
| 2008 | 44 | #2,752 |
| 2007 | 53 | #2,416 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 61 | #2,031 |
| 2004 | 75 | #1,698 |
| 2003 | 69 | #1,746 |
| 2002 | 54 | #2,015 |
| 2001 | 61 | #1,812 |
| 2000 | 70 | #1,649 |
| 1999 | 57 | #1,760 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,009 |
| 1997 | 37 | #2,257 |
| 1996 | 45 | #1,954 |
| 1995 | 50 | #1,753 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,922 |
| 1993 | 56 | #1,596 |
| 1992 | 46 | #1,799 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,089 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,165 |
| 1989 | 32 | #2,148 |
| 1988 | 32 | #1,984 |
| 1987 | 41 | #1,653 |
| 1986 | 36 | #1,724 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,689 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 27 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 34 | #1,694 |
| 1980 | 20 | #2,443 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 20 | #2,244 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,133 |
| 1974 | 22 | #1,983 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 20 | #2,020 |
| 1971 | 14 | #2,557 |
| 1970 | 11 | #2,890 |
| 1969 | 9 | #3,061 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
Names like Vivek
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ravi Viraj Vikram Pranav Shivam Vansh Prithvi Yuvraj Aarav Vedansh Vihaan Dhruv
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
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, “Vivek: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vivek, updated 20 October 2026.