Viktor
#1,235 for boys in 2025, 162 births
- Peak · boys
- 2018 · 179 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 3,634since 1953
Viktor over time
Rank among boys' names. Viktor 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,235 | 162 |
| 2024 | #1,275 | 154 |
| 2023 | #1,283 | 150 |
| 2022 | #1,213 | 163 |
| 2021 | #1,325 | 140 |
| 2020 | #1,478 | 115 |
| 2019 | #1,239 | 152 |
| 2018 | #1,094 | 179 |
| 2017 | #1,132 | 168 |
| 2016 | #1,175 | 162 |
| 2015 | #1,245 | 146 |
| 2014 | #1,158 | 163 |
| 2013 | #1,345 | 126 |
| 2012 | #1,355 | 125 |
| 2011 | #1,173 | 151 |
| 2010 | #1,214 | 146 |
| 2009 | #1,413 | 119 |
| 2008 | #1,494 | 109 |
| 2007 | #1,539 | 102 |
| 2006 | #1,583 | 92 |
| 2005 | #1,554 | 90 |
| 2004 | #1,687 | 76 |
| 2003 | #2,238 | 48 |
| 2002 | #2,046 | 53 |
| 2001 | #2,742 | 34 |
| 2000 | #2,525 | 37 |
| 1999 | #2,795 | 30 |
| 1998 | #3,017 | 26 |
| 1997 | #3,601 | 19 |
| 1996 | #2,299 | 35 |
| 1995 | #2,500 | 30 |
| 1994 | #2,618 | 28 |
| 1993 | #3,246 | 20 |
| 1992 | #2,599 | 27 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #3,607 | 16 |
| 1989 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #3,350 | 15 |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #3,270 | 13 |
| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #4,234 | 9 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #4,054 | 7 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
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| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #2,985 | 8 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1963 | #2,673 | 10 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
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| 1960 | #3,337 | 7 |
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| 1957 | #3,993 | 5 |
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| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
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| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Viktor! It came in at #3,798, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1953–1959, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Viktor is popular in 2016
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Idaho#395 · 1 in 1,610
- Massachusetts#639 · 1 in 4,906
- Virginia#773 · 1 in 5,945
- Arizona#804 · 1 in 6,007
- Ohio#830 · 1 in 6,591
Best ever in a state: #395 in Idaho, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Idaho | #395 | 5 | 1 in 1,610 |
| Massachusetts | #639 | 6 | 1 in 4,906 |
| Virginia | #773 | 7 | 1 in 5,945 |
| Arizona | #804 | 6 | 1 in 6,007 |
| Ohio | #830 | 9 | 1 in 6,591 |
| Illinois | #855 | 10 | 1 in 6,417 |
| New Jersey | #875 | 6 | 1 in 6,921 |
| New York | #895 | 14 | 1 in 7,143 |
| Florida | #1,085 | 10 | 1 in 9,794 |
| Michigan | #1,098 | 5 | 1 in 9,549 |
| North Carolina | #1,118 | 5 | 1 in 10,395 |
| Georgia | #1,208 | 5 | 1 in 10,754 |
| California | #1,338 | 14 | 1 in 15,977 |
| Texas | #1,449 | 11 | 1 in 16,838 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Viktor
- 40 spots since 2024 (#1,275 → #1,235)
- 243 spots since 2020 (#1,478 → #1,235)
- 10 spots since 2015 (#1,245 → #1,235)
- Debuted 1953
- Peaked 2018 at #1,094 (179 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 10,146 boys born in 2018 were named Viktor (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,544 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 41.8% of all boys named Viktor (1,518) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 15 | #3,798 (1953) | #3,892 |
| 1960s | 65 | #2,665 (1964) | #3,377 |
| 1970s | 57 | #3,428 (1975) | #4,340 |
| 1980s | 91 | #3,270 (1984) | #4,364 |
| 1990s | 244 | #2,299 (1996) | #3,051 |
| 2000s | 760 | #1,413 (2009) | #1,882 |
| 2010s | 1,518 | #1,094 (2018) | #1,213 |
| 2020s | 884 | #1,213 (2022) | #1,302 |
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.
Viktor in 2016
Top boys' names in 2016
More about 2016
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1,897,738 boys got a published name in 2016; 1 in 11,714 of them was named Viktor, which outranked 91.7% of the 14,207 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,169Deegan163
- #1,169Eliot163
- #1,169Murphy163
- #1,175Viktor162
- #1,175Aedan162
- #1,175Armaan162
- #1,175Cortez162
- #1,180Kilian161
- #1,180Ledger161
- #1,180Zev161
Tied with 4 names at #1,175; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.