NameTides

Viktor

Viktor was the #1,235 boys' name in the US in 2025 (162 babies), and #934 in England & Wales and #629 in Canada.

Viktor as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Viktor as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Viktor as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#1,235 (162)#934 (33)———#629 (45)
2024#1,275 (154)#1,517 (17)——#582 (5)#530 (53)
2023#1,283 (150)#987 (30)#728 (3)—#770 (3)#665 (39)
2022#1,213 (163)#844 (37)#590 (4)—#657 (4)#516 (54)
2021#1,325 (140)#888 (34)#605 (4)—#498 (6)#585 (48)
2020#1,478 (115)#781 (40)#599 (4)—#741 (3)#507 (52)
2019#1,239 (152)#768 (41)——#506 (6)#527 (53)
2018#1,094 (179)#721 (47)#704 (3)——#490 (56)
2017#1,132 (168)#786 (42)#490 (6)—#610 (4)#651 (39)
2016#1,175 (162)#659 (53)#532 (5)#421 (3)#389 (9)#635 (42)
2015#1,245 (146)#656 (52)#529 (5)—#421 (8)#634 (41)
2014#1,158 (163)#825 (37)#587 (4)—#347 (12)#499 (57)
2013#1,345 (126)#762 (42)——#711 (3)#619 (42)
2012#1,355 (125)#793 (40)——#548 (5)#608 (40)
2011#1,173 (151)#743 (42)——#455 (7)#596 (42)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2018 at #1,094.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1953.

How common is it?

about 1 in 11,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,300uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Viktor is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 9,300 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Viktor by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #898WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #640MNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #1,004PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,508CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #648MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,144NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,350GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,652TXFlorida: #846FL
Viktor (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#32614
Ontario2024#84913

Viktor (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ViktorCanadaBoys#62945
ViktorEngland & WalesBoys#93433
ViktorIrelandBoys—too few
ViktorNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ViktorScotlandBoys—too few
ViktorUSBoys#1,235162