How rare is the name Vijay?

8,323 people in the United States have the first name Vijay, about 1 in 36,289. It ranks #2,791 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VIJAY

#2,791

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,323
About
1 in 36,289
This common or more
80.9%
Who bears it

Of the 8,323 people named Vijay, 91.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 3.1% as two or more races and 2.5% as Black. 94.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vijay peaked in 2006, when 49 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19632025
Peak year
2006
Births that year
49
In 2025*
5 ▼90%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,495 babies have been given the name since 1963. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Vijay by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,223. The largest share of babies named Vijay, 36.9%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1960s#9,59143
1970s#5,090217
1980s#4,223364
1990s#5,618334
2000s#6,469379
2010s#13,975132
2020s#24,43526
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–8019.9%
Millennials 1981–9636.9%
Generation Z 1997–1236.1%
2013 and later6.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Vijay

#2,789 Layton · 8,328#2,790 Chaim · 8,326#2,792 Jed · 8,309#2,793 Giancarlo · 8,305

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vijay, most common first.

#6,404 Vijaya · 2,511#34,742 Vijai · 234#37,938 Vija · 204#51,822 Vixay · 111

Also a last name

As a last name, Vijay ranks #18,083 of 156,621, with 1,520 people. See Vijay as a last name

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