NameTides

Viraj

Viraj was the #1,333 boys' name in the US in 2025 (144 babies), and #1,007 in England & Wales and #555 in Canada.

Viraj as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Viraj as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Viraj as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,333 (144)#1,007 (30)—#555 (52)
2024#1,145 (183)#847 (38)—#453 (68)
2023#1,397 (132)#1,108 (26)#770 (3)#401 (73)
2022#1,457 (124)#901 (34)#779 (3)#561 (48)
2021#1,424 (128)#1,290 (20)—#713 (38)
2020#1,503 (112)#1,111 (24)—#761 (32)
2019#1,564 (107)#1,253 (20)—#770 (31)
2018#1,717 (91)#1,194 (22)—#858 (27)
2017#1,541 (106)#1,398 (18)—#789 (31)
2016#1,641 (97)#1,271 (21)—#1,000 (22)
2015#1,753 (87)#1,279 (20)—#1,164 (17)
2014#2,542 (48)#1,223 (21)—#1,381 (13)
2013#2,225 (58)#1,183 (21)—#1,252 (15)
2012#2,448 (51)#1,589 (15)—#1,971 (8)
2011#2,748 (43)#2,613 (7)—#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2024 at #1,145.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1982.

How common is it?

about 1 in 12,000 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 12,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 9,100uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 3,100uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Viraj is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 7,600 to 1 in 13,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Viraj by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #684WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #935ILMichigan: 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: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: #576NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #845CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: 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: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #974TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Viraj (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
Ontario2024#34139

Viraj (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
VirajCanadaBoys#55552
VirajEngland & WalesBoys#1,00730
VirajIrelandBoys—too few
VirajNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
VirajUSBoys#1,333144