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Vivek

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Vivek is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 8 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
80.00% of boys
Peak year
200475 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1963
1,771people given the name
Babies named Vivek, by year of birthboys
025507510018801900192019401960198020002020

The story in the numbers

1,771 boys have been named Vivek in the United States since 1963, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2004, with 75 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1998, and the 2000s alone account for 32%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Vivek
1960s28
1970s170
1980s319
1990s449
2000s565
2010s198
2020s42

In 2004, its biggest year

Vivek was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2004 were Jacob, Michael, Joshua, Matthew and Ethan. See all of 2004.

Names that rose and fell with Vivek

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.