Vijay

Where Vijay comes from

Transliteration of Hindi विजय (vijay).
— Wiktionary's entry for Vijay
  • Sanskrit
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1963
    First appearance
    #4,048 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1982
    Peak, #1,382
    47 babies named Vijay — more than any year before or since.
  3. 2009
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #5,554.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.