How rare is the name Vivek?

5,917 people in the United States have the first name Vivek, about 1 in 51,045. It ranks #3,500 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VIVEK

#3,500

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,917
About
1 in 51,045
This common or more
82.5%
Who bears it

Of the 5,917 people named Vivek, 95.3% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 2.1% as White and 1.2% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vivek peaked in 2004, when 75 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19632024
Peak year
2004
Births that year
75
In 2024
8 ▼89%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,771 babies have been given the name since 1963. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Vivek by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #4,585. The largest share of babies named Vivek, 44.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#11,09428
1970s#5,934170
1980s#4,633319
1990s#4,585449
2000s#4,949565
2010s#10,702198
2020s#19,83942
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–8012%
Millennials 1981–9634.3%
Generation Z 1997–1244.5%
2013 and later8.9%

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 Vivek

#3,498 Sherlyn · 5,919#3,499 Salome · 5,918#3,501 Alfreda · 5,916#3,502 Kensley · 5,914

Spelled almost the same

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

#34,840 Viveka · 233

Also a last name

As a last name, Vivek ranks #45,147 of 156,621, with 511 people. See Vivek as a last name

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