Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Vijay

#3,749 most common boys' name of all time · #9,148 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1963–2025

Rank among boys
#3,749
Rank overall
#9,148 of 105,966
First appeared
1963
Years on the list
60 of 146
All-time
1,495
Since 2016
63
Peak year
2006 #2,488
Best rank
#1,394 1982
Girls Boys peak 49/yr
198020002020

Vijay first appears in 1963. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 5 5 #12,301
2023 — 7 7 #9,947
2021 — 9 9 #8,309
2020 — 5 5 #12,350
2019 — 8 8 #9,081
2018 — 8 8 #8,969
2017 — 10 10 #7,698
2016 — 11 11 #7,267
2015 — 12 12 #6,764
2014 — 16 16 #5,547
2013 — 9 9 #8,270
2012 — 16 16 #5,547
2011 — 18 18 #5,052
2010 — 24 24 #4,143
2009 — 16 16 #5,612
2008 — 36 36 #3,187
2007 — 34 34 #3,270
2006 — 49 49 #2,488
2005 — 47 47 #2,443
2004 — 47 47 #2,395
2003 — 38 38 #2,645
2002 — 36 36 #2,660
2001 — 34 34 #2,766
2000 — 42 42 #2,310
1999 — 41 41 #2,246
1998 — 35 35 #2,481
1997 — 27 27 #2,870
1996 — 33 33 #2,408
1995 — 35 35 #2,275
1994 — 27 27 #2,735
1993 — 44 44 #1,899
1992 — 31 31 #2,398
1991 — 27 27 #2,580
1990 — 34 34 #2,152
1989 — 26 26 #2,514
1988 — 34 34 #1,937
1987 — 30 30 #2,047
1986 — 41 41 #1,609
1985 — 38 38 #1,658
1984 — 36 36 #1,650
1983 — 32 32 #1,778
1982 — 47 47 #1,394
1981 — 37 37 #1,622
1980 — 43 43 #1,469
1979 — 32 32 #1,780
1978 — 37 37 #1,564
1977 — 38 38 #1,512
1976 — 24 24 #2,041
1975 — 23 23 #2,051
1974 — 21 21 #2,120
1973 — 19 19 #2,202
1972 — 8 8 #3,869
1971 — 9 9 #3,592
1970 — 6 6 #4,587
1969 — 13 13 #2,535
1968 — 8 8 #3,349
1967 — 7 7 #3,524
1966 — 5 5 #4,463
1965 — 5 5 #4,368
1963 — 5 5 #4,620