Vikas

Where Vikas comes from

Borrowed from Hindi विकास (vikās), from Sanskrit विकास (vikāsa).
— Wiktionary's entry for Vikas
  • Sanskrit
Along the way
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #4,230 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1983
    Peak, #2,272
    22 babies named Vikas — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1987
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #3,959.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Sanskrit.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Vikas hasn't yet.

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.