Vihaan

What Vihaan means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Vihaan yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Down from #638 in 2015 to #910 in 2025 in the US Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Vihaan?

US: Falling: down from #638 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #677 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2014, when 491 boys got the name (#565 that year). First in the US records in 2004.

How common

• About 1 in 6,544 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,924 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NJ (0.43 per 1,000 boys), MD (0.31 per 1,000 boys), NC (0.29 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Vihaan is #910 in the US and #427 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Vihaan were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Vihan17 US · 7 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Vihaan

Boys

• Cash#287Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #287 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Kingston#204Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #204 vs #2,014 in 2025
• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
• Ryder#132From a surname for “a rider, cavalryman, or knight”^*
• Kash#286Editor’s note Up from #382 in 2015 to #286 in 2025 in the US
• Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”^*

For a sister

• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
• Norah#262Form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Evangeline#147“good news”^*
• Ruby#64Editor’s note Up from #83 in 2015 to #64 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 450 US girls in the 2025 records
• Paisley#67“pasture”^*
• Stella#52“star”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Vihaan’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.