How rare is the name Viktor?

7,931 people in the United States have the first name Viktor, about 1 in 38,082. It ranks #2,885 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VIKTOR

#2,885

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,931
About
1 in 38,082
This common or more
81.1%
Who bears it

Of the 7,931 people named Viktor, 86.8% reported their origin as White, 8.4% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Viktor peaked in 2018, when 179 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19532025
Peak year
2018
Births that year
179
In 2025*
162 ▼9%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,634 babies have been given the name since 1953. 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.

Viktor by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2010s, when it ranked #2,667. The largest share of babies named Viktor, 54.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#11,72115
1960s#8,06265
1970s#11,26257
1980s#10,63291
1990s#7,025244
2000s#4,040760
2010s#2,6671,518
2020s#2,728884
Baby boom 1946–641.3%
Generation X 1965–802.7%
Millennials 1981–966.9%
Generation Z 1997–1234.6%
2013 and later54.5%

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.

Where Viktor is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Viktor has been most common in Florida (3×), Washington (2.8×), and Illinois (2×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.68×).

1,977 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Viktor

#2,883 Sanjuana · 7,949#2,884 Janiya · 7,935#2,886 Keyla · 7,927#2,887 Kole · 7,923

Spelled almost the same

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

#148 Victor · 337,308#45,015 Vicktor · 152

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