Vijay
#12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
- Peak · boys
- 1982 · 47 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,495since 1963
Vijay over time
Rank among boys' names. Vijay has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #12,008 | 5 |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #8,889 | 8 |
| 2018 | #8,819 | 8 |
| 2017 | #7,546 | 10 |
| 2016 | #7,157 | 11 |
| 2015 | #6,676 | 12 |
| 2014 | #5,485 | 16 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
| 2012 | #5,482 | 16 |
| 2011 | #4,983 | 18 |
| 2010 | #4,099 | 24 |
| 2009 | #5,554 | 16 |
| 2008 | #3,165 | 36 |
| 2007 | #3,250 | 34 |
| 2006 | #2,477 | 49 |
| 2005 | #2,433 | 47 |
| 2004 | #2,376 | 47 |
| 2003 | #2,620 | 38 |
| 2002 | #2,632 | 36 |
| 2001 | #2,742 | 34 |
| 2000 | #2,298 | 42 |
| 1999 | #2,231 | 41 |
| 1998 | #2,450 | 35 |
| 1997 | #2,823 | 27 |
| 1996 | #2,380 | 33 |
| 1995 | #2,253 | 35 |
| 1994 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1993 | #1,875 | 44 |
| 1992 | #2,362 | 31 |
| 1991 | #2,544 | 27 |
| 1990 | #2,128 | 34 |
| 1989 | #2,469 | 26 |
| 1988 | #1,909 | 34 |
| 1987 | #2,020 | 30 |
| 1986 | #1,588 | 41 |
| 1985 | #1,644 | 38 |
| 1984 | #1,630 | 36 |
| 1983 | #1,748 | 32 |
| 1982 | #1,382 | 47 |
| 1981 | #1,602 | 37 |
| 1980 | #1,449 | 43 |
| 1979 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #1,537 | 37 |
| 1977 | #1,490 | 38 |
| 1976 | #1,999 | 24 |
| 1975 | #2,001 | 23 |
| 1974 | #2,050 | 21 |
| 1973 | #2,124 | 19 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #2,415 | 13 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
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| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Vijay! It came in at #4,048, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1963–1966, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Vijay is popular in 1986
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#603 · 1 in 9,516
- New York#1,057 · 1 in 20,366
- California#1,189 · 1 in 25,367
Best ever in a state: #491 in New Jersey, 1988.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #603 | 5 | 1 in 9,516 |
| New York | #1,057 | 6 | 1 in 20,366 |
| California | #1,189 | 9 | 1 in 25,367 |
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See more about Vijay
- 14 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #12,008)
- 5,332 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #12,008)
- Debuted 1963
- Peaked 1982 at #1,382 (47 births)
- Births halved by 2009, 27 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 38,605 boys born in 1982 were named Vijay (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 341,615 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 25.4% of all boys named Vijay (379) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 43 | #2,415 (1969) | #3,447 |
| 1970s | 217 | #1,490 (1977) | #2,418 |
| 1980s | 364 | #1,382 (1982) | #1,744 |
| 1990s | 334 | #1,875 (1993) | #2,373 |
| 2000s | 379 | #2,298 (2000) | #2,955 |
| 2010s | 132 | #4,099 (2010) | #6,725 |
| 2020s | 26 | #8,166 (2021) | #10,490 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Vijay in 1986
Top boys' names in 1986
More about 1986
boys
1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 44,915 of them was named Vijay, which outranked 79.7% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,565Truman42
- #1,565Viet42
- #1,565Wilmer42
- #1,588Vijay41
- #1,588Anthoney41
- #1,588Antuan41
- #1,588Apollo41
- #1,617Ambrose40
- #1,617Brantley40
- #1,617Christophe40
Tied with 28 names at #1,588; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.