How Many People Are Named Vijay?
people named Vijay are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 239,010 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,495 babies named Vijay in Social Security records from 1963 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
49 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Modern masculine form of VIJAYA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Related & Similar Names
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Vijay in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Vijay alive today is about 31 years old, and 53% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 21 and 42 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Vijay first appears in the records in 1963 and was given most often in 2006, to 49 babies. In 2025, 5 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1963 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Vijay has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,393, in 1982. In 2025 it ranked #13,766.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #13,766 |
| Best rank | #1,393 (1982) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,803 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Vijay alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Vijay were born in New York than in any other state: about 140 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Vijay was given 5.8 times as often in New York and 2.7 times in California.
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