# Vijay (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vijay/  
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 | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,495 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,495 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 178, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Transliteration of Hindi विजय (vijay).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 16 | 5,784 |
| 2010 | 24 | 4,228 |
| 2011 | 18 | 5,184 |
| 2012 | 16 | 5,708 |
| 2013 | 9 | 8,736 |
| 2014 | 16 | 5,709 |
| 2015 | 12 | 7,036 |
| 2016 | 11 | 7,568 |
| 2017 | 10 | 8,105 |
| 2018 | 8 | 9,618 |
| 2019 | 8 | 9,683 |
| 2020 | 5 | 13,927 |
| 2021 | 9 | 8,784 |
| 2023 | 7 | 10,739 |
| 2025 | 5 | 13,771 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 9 | 1,732 |
| 2005 | 10 | 1,716 |
| 2006 | 7 | 2,282 |
| 2007 | 10 | 1,885 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2009 | 7 | 2,544 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 4 | 3,987 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2017 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## People named Vijay

- Vijay Singh, Fijian-Indian professional golfer (born 1963)
- Vijay Rupani, Chief Minister of Gujarat from 2016 to 2021
- Vijay Anand, film director, actor (1934–2004)
- Vijay Iyer, American composer, pianist, bandleader, producer, and writer
- Vijay Seshadri, American poet
- Vijay Yeshudas, Bollywood singer
- Vijay Krishna Acharya, filmmaker

## 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.