The first name Viktor

In 2025, 33 boys were named Viktor, making it the 934th most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2016, with 53 births (#659).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Viktor with other names.

In 2025, 162 boys born in the United States were named Viktor, the 1,238th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2018, when 179 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• Viktor Yushchenko
  3rd President of Ukraine, born 1954
• Viktor Frankl
  Austrian Holocaust survivor, psychiatrist, philosopher and author (1905–1997)
• Viktor Dyk
  Czech poet, prose writer, playwright, politician and political writer (1877-1931)
• Viktor Fischer
  Danish association football player, born 1994
• Viktor Axelsen
  Danish badminton player, born 1994
• Viktor Saneyev
  Georgian triple jumper (1945–2022)
• Viktor Klima
  Austrian politician and businessman (born 1947)
• Viktor Brack
  German economist and Nazi party functionary, convicted war criminal (1904-1948)
• Viktor Ullmann
  Austrian composer deported to Terezin (1898–1944)
• Viktor Kaplan
  Austrian-Czech engineer and inventor, 1876–1934
• Viktor Ruban
  Archer, born 1981
• Viktor Kingissepp
  Estonian communist revolutionary (1888-1922)

How popular is the name Viktor?

In 2025, 33 boys born in England and Wales were named Viktor, ranking 934th. Its peak was 2016, with 53 births.

Is Viktor a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 3,634 US babies named Viktor since 1880 were boys.

When was Viktor most popular?

2018 in the United States, when 179 babies were named Viktor, its highest rank at 1,099th.