Vihaan
Vihaan was the 910th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 261 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 566th with 491 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 270 places. More babies were named Vihaan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Meaning dawn, morning · Sanskrit, Hindi
Say it vih-HAHN /vɪˈhɑn/
- Rank in 2025
- #910 boys, down 194 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 261boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2014491 babies
- Total since 1880
- 5,623babies recorded
What does the name Vihaan mean?
Vihaan comes from Sanskrit vihāna, which the Monier-Williams Sanskrit dictionary glosses 'morning, dawn', while marking the word as known only from Sanskrit lexicons. Hindi borrowed it as vihān, 'dawn, daybreak, morning', and Wiktionary records Vihaan and Vihan as a boys' name from that word. It came into use in US birth records in the 2000s.
विहान (Sanskrit / Hindi, “dawn, morning”)
How sure is this? Probable. Monier-Williams marks vihāna as attested only by lexicographers.
Related names: Vihan.
See also: Sanskrit and Indian names, names that mean sky, star, moon or sun.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'विहान' (Hindi section), Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Monier Monier-Williams, A Sanskrit-English Dictionary (1899), s.v. 'vihāna' (Cologne Digital Sanskrit Dictionaries), Oxford, Clarendon Press (public domain); digitized by University of Cologne
- US Social Security Administration, national baby-name data 1880-2025 (usage history only), US Social Security Administration
Vihaan popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #910 | 261 |
| 2020 | #716 | 347 |
| 2010 | #1,182 | 153 |
| 2000 | — | — |
| 1990 | — | — |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
| 1950 | — | — |
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| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Vihaan, counting every spelling?
Vihaan is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #835 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #910 for Vihaan on its own. Together these spellings went to 278 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vihaan | 261 | #910 | 1,340 |
| Vihan | 17 | #5,589 | 149 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Vihaan?
261 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Vihaan (0.07 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Vihaan born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 32 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Vihaan.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Vihaan?
About 5,600 people born in the US named Vihaan are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 6 and 13. That makes Vihaan a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Vihaan by state
How common Vihaan was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Washington (3.2×), New Jersey (3.0×), Massachusetts (2.0×), California (1.7×), Illinois (1.6×). In 32 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Vihaan: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Vihaan, they share its era and feel.
Middle names for Vihaan · Sibling names for Vihaan
Questions about the name Vihaan
What does Vihaan mean?
Vihaan means “dawn, morning” (Sanskrit, Hindi origin). Certainty: probable.
How popular is the name Vihaan?
Vihaan was the 910th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 261 babies. Its best year was 2014, when it ranked 566th with 491 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 270 places. More babies were named Vihaan in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Vihaan a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Vihaan in the US.
Where is Vihaan most popular?
In 2021–2025, Vihaan was most common in Washington (0.49 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Jersey and Massachusetts.