NameTides

Virat

Virat was the #2,718 boys' name in the US in 2025 (47 babies), and #2,440 in England & Wales and #2,527 in Canada.

Virat as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Virat as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaEngland & WalesUS
Virat as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesCanada
2025#2,718 (47)#2,440 (9)#2,527 (7)
2024#3,455 (33)#2,264 (10)#1,909 (10)
2023#3,177 (38)#2,814 (7)#1,947 (9)
2022#3,464 (33)#4,790 (3)#1,284 (16)
2021#2,819 (44)#3,451 (5)—
2020#4,426 (22)#1,935 (11)#1,595 (11)
2019#2,464 (54)#2,266 (9)—
2018#3,055 (38)#2,445 (8)#2,403 (6)
2017#2,840 (42)#2,734 (7)—
2016#2,726 (44)#1,804 (13)—
2015#3,085 (37)#2,483 (8)#2,139 (7)
2014#3,532 (30)#2,248 (9)—
2013#6,241 (13)#3,315 (5)#2,606 (5)
2012#7,559 (10)#3,039 (6)—
2011#10,808 (6)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2019 at #2,464.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2011.

How common is it?

about 1 in 36,000 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 36,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 30,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 23,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Virat is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 42,000 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 29,000 to 1 in 61,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Virat by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,582CAUtah: 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: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth 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: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,285TXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Virat (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#1,2178

Virat (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
ViratCanadaBoys#2,5277
ViratEngland & WalesBoys#2,4409
ViratNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ViratUSBoys#2,71847