Viraj

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Viraj: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Viraj: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #770, and it stood at #847 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#770highest recorded position
9groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1104
1997	#1761
1998	#2901
1999	#1850
2000	#1330
2001	#1202
2002	#1651
2003	#1962
2004	#1222
2005	#3208
2006	#2087
2007	#1666
2008	#2775
2009	#2126
2010	#1724
2011	#2613
2012	#1589
2013	#1183
2014	#1223
2015	#1279
2016	#1271
2017	#1398
2018	#1194
2019	#1253
2020	#1111
2021	#1290
2022	#901
2023	#1108
2024	#847

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2023: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1108 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1104 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2022–2023
Highest recorded position: #770 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2023 (recorded 2022–2023).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #847 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Viraj appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 438 births with the name.

Viraj across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Viraj's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1104 (1996)	#847 (2024)	#847 (2024)	29 of 29	438 (1996–2024)	38 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#779 (2022)	#770 (2023)	#770 (2023)	2 of 2	6 (2022–2023)	3 (2022)

Viraj by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Viraj in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	27	4 of 10	7
2000s	91	10 of 10	9
2010s	178	10 of 10	18
2020sbusiest	142	5 of 10	28

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 28 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Viraj appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #770 in Republic of Ireland in 2023.

Viraj's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#847	38	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1108	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#901	34	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1290	20	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1111	24	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1253	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1194	22	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1398	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1271	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1279	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1223	21	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1183	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1724	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1222	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1962	7	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1202	12	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2901	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1761	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1104	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#779	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #770, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2022, and 26 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Viraaj · #1380, 15y
Virat · #1804, 13y
Virginia · #82, 57y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Alessandra · #770, 29y
Hashir · #770, 26y
Jabir · #770, 26y
Kayde · #770, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Alessandra · #770, 29y
Hashir · #770, 26y
Henrique · #770, 23y
Jabir · #770, 26y

Viraj was ranked #770 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2023. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Viraj and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Viraj without appearing here.

Viraj moved ahead of

Ashleigh Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3208 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #4052.
Garry Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2613 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1589 and #3039.
Glenn Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2613 and #1909 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1589 and #3039.
Isak Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2613 and #2613 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1589 and #3039.

Moved ahead of Viraj

Hunter Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1222 and #1878 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3208 and #1135.
Ollie Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1761 and #2022 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #2901 and #924.
Kasper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1222 and #1347 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3208 and #1617.
Hudson Compare
In 2002 they stood at #1651 and #2005 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2003 that had become #1962 and #1092.

Moved the opposite way to Viraj

Ole Compare
Between 1998 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Viraj went from #2901 to #901 while Ole went from #2901 to #4789.
Espen Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Viraj went from #1651 to #847 while Espen went from #3225 to #5119.

Moved the same way as Viraj

Cooper Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Viraj went from #1761 to #847 and Cooper from #2022 to #139.
Arlo Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Viraj went from #1850 to #847 and Arlo from #2943 to #15.
Harper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Viraj went from #1850 to #847 and Harper from #2425 to #1402.
Kasper Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Viraj went from #1850 to #847 and Kasper from #2425 to #529.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #770 in Republic of Ireland in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Viraj

Viraj at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Viraj across 2 official records

Viraj by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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