# Viggo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/viggo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,055 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,055 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 244, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 3,426 |
| 2012 | 31 | 3,524 |
| 2013 | 41 | 2,844 |
| 2014 | 42 | 2,842 |
| 2015 | 41 | 2,914 |
| 2016 | 37 | 3,155 |
| 2017 | 49 | 2,595 |
| 2018 | 48 | 2,632 |
| 2019 | 40 | 3,047 |
| 2020 | 41 | 2,919 |
| 2021 | 67 | 2,154 |
| 2022 | 73 | 2,080 |
| 2023 | 88 | 1,830 |
| 2024 | 81 | 1,954 |
| 2025 | 97 | 1,697 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 10 | 2,039 |
| 2012 | 9 | 2,270 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 13 | 1,721 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 13 | 1,804 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 9 | 2,259 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 18 | 1,391 |
| 2022 | 13 | 1,781 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 15 | 1,675 |
| 2025 | 26 | 1,124 |

## People named Viggo

- Viggo Mortensen, American actor
- Viggo Kampmann, Danish politician (1910-1976)
- Viggo Jensen, Danish sportsman (1874–1930)
- Viggo Larsen, Danish actor and film director (1880–1957)
- Viggo Johansen, Danish painter (1851-1935)
- Prince Viggo, Count of Rosenborg, Danish Royal (1893–1970)
- Viggo Jensen, Danish footballer (born 1947)
- Viggo Fausböll, Danish educator, translator, orientalist and linguist (1821–1908)
- Viggo Dibbern, Danish gymnast (1900–1982)
- Viggo Stuckenberg, Danish poet and novelist (1863-1905)
- Viggo Brøndal, Danish philologist (1887–1942)
- Count Ingolf of Rosenborg, former Danish prince (born 1940); elder son of Knud, Hereditary Prince of Denmark, and Pri

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.