Vikas Popularity by Year

Follow Vikas across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.

Vikas birth-count history

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Year	Category	Births	Rank	Change from previous recorded year
2013	Boys	9	#8,118	Up 40 places
2012	Boys	9	#8,158	Up 2,650 places
2011	Boys	6	#10,808	Down 2,669 places
2010	Boys	9	#8,139	Up 4,352 places
2009	Boys	5	#12,491	Down 4,793 places
2008	Boys	10	#7,698	Up 3,223 places
2007	Boys	6	#10,921	Down 3,494 places
2006	Boys	10	#7,427	Up 872 places
2005	Boys	8	#8,299	Down 2,807 places
2004	Boys	14	#5,492	Down 677 places
2003	Boys	16	#4,815	Up 1,273 places
2002	Boys	11	#6,088	Up 4,468 places
2001	Boys	5	#10,556	Down 5,259 places
2000	Boys	13	#5,297	Down 1,706 places
1999	Boys	21	#3,591	Up 1,282 places
1998	Boys	13	#4,873	Down 205 places
1997	Boys	13	#4,668	Up 519 places
1996	Boys	11	#5,187	Down 679 places
1995	Boys	13	#4,508	Down 218 places
1994	Boys	14	#4,290	Up 3,348 places
1993	Boys	6	#7,638	Down 3,074 places
1992	Boys	12	#4,564	Down 559 places
1991	Boys	14	#4,005	Up 668 places
1990	Boys	11	#4,673	Down 656 places
1989	Boys	13	#4,017	Up 145 places
1988	Boys	11	#4,162	Down 203 places
1987	Boys	11	#3,959	Down 954 places
1986	Boys	16	#3,005	Down 63 places
1985	Boys	16	#2,942	Down 505 places
1984	Boys	20	#2,437	Down 165 places
1983	Boys	22	#2,272	Up 437 places
1982	Boys	17	#2,709	Up 70 places
1981	Boys	16	#2,779	Down 50 places
1980	Boys	17	#2,729	Up 439 places
1979	Boys	13	#3,168	Up 232 places
1978	Boys	11	#3,400	Down 363 places
1977	Boys	13	#3,037	Down 328 places
1976	Boys	15	#2,709	Up 950 places
1975	Boys	9	#3,659	Down 101 places
1974	Boys	9	#3,558	Down 335 places
1973	Boys	10	#3,223	Up 121 places
1972	Boys	9	#3,344	Up 1,031 places
1971	Boys	6	#4,375	Down 145 places
1970	Boys	6	#4,230	—