Vivek
Boys' name · Millennial-era · Sanskrit origin
- Living in the US
- ~1,700 survival-weighted estimate
- 2025 rank
- Unranked no births recorded
- Births in 2025
- 0 1,771 since 1880
- Typical age
- 27 years, median
Vivek popularity over time
More children were named Vivek in 2004 than in any other year — 75 of them. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1963. No births were recorded under this name in 2025; the most recent year with data is 2024.
How many people are named Vivek?
About 1,700 people named Vivek are alive in the United States today. That is out of 1,771 recorded births since 1880.
This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.
How old is the average Vivek?
Half of living Viveks are older than 27, half younger. The 2000s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Vivek a millennial-era name.
Your Vivek
Vivek in England and Wales
ONS recorded 3 births named Vivek in 2025, ranking it #5,137.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.
Where the name Vivek comes from
From Sanskrit विवेक.
Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.
See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.
Notable people named Vivek
| Name | Known for | Years | Editions | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Vivek Ramaswamy | American presidential candidate and businessman | 1985 | 44 |
| Vivek Oberoi | Indian actor | 1976 | 38 | |
| Vivek Prasad | Indian field hockey player | 2000 | 17 | |
|
Vivek Murthy | American physician, surgeon general, vice admiral of the United States Navy | 1977 | 17 |
|
Vivek Agnihotri | Indian director, screenwriter and author | 1973 | 11 |
Photo credits (3)
- Vivek Ramaswamy — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Vivek Murthy — United States Department of Health and Human Services, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
- Vivek Agnihotri — Knowledgeupdater, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.
Related pages
- All names from 2004
- Top names of 2025
- Sanskrit names
- Names beginning with V
- Every year, 1880 to 2025
- Names by state
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