How rare is the name Vikram?

4,452 people in the United States have the first name Vikram, about 1 in 67,842. It ranks #4,269 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

VIKRAM

#4,269

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,452
About
1 in 67,842
This common or more
83.8%
Who bears it

Of the 4,452 people named Vikram, 92.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 4.2% as two or more races and 2% as White. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vikram peaked in 2000, when 65 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19692025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
65
In 2025*
43 ▼34%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 2,084 babies have been given the name since 1969. 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.

Vikram by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #4,862. The largest share of babies named Vikram, 37.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#15,6378
1970s#7,151127
1980s#4,862298
1990s#5,506343
2000s#5,181530
2010s#5,745490
2020s#5,779288
Generation X 1965–807.3%
Millennials 1981–9624.1%
Generation Z 1997–1237.8%
2013 and later30.8%

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.

Exactly as common as Vikram

1 other first name also has 4,452 people.

#4,269 Karthik · 4,452

Either side of Vikram

#4,268 Kandy · 4,454#4,269 Karthik · 4,452#4,271 Shelbie · 4,451#4,272 Carlotta · 4,448

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vikram, most common first.

#35,436 Vickram · 227

Also a last name

As a last name, Vikram ranks #58,068 of 156,621, with 378 people. See Vikram as a last name

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