Vivek
Vivek is a masculine given name that is popular in South Asia, particularly in India and Nepal. It is of Sanskrit origin and means "wisdom" and/or "conscience".
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
- Tamil
Meaning & Origin of Vivek
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vivek is a masculine given name that is popular in South Asia, particularly in India and Nepal. It is of Sanskrit origin and means "wisdom" and/or "conscience".
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Gujarati
- Tamil
- Kannada
- Telugu
- Malayalam
- Bengali
The Story of Vivek
Vivek first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1963, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2004: 75 births, good for #1,701 nationwide. About 32% of every Vivek on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Vivek ranks #7,230 for baby boys with 10 births, falling sharply (-17%). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Vivek
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Vivek. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Vivek
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Vivek (actor) (1961–2021), Indian Tamil film actor
- Vivek Borkar (born 1954), Indian electrical engineer and mathematician
- Vivek Chibber , American sociologist and Marxist theorist
- Vivek Dahiya (born 1984), Indian television actor
- Vivek Gupta (business executive) (born 1960s), Indian-born American businessman
- Vivek Harshan (born 1981), Indian Tamil film editor
- Vivek Kanthan (born 2009), American racing driver
- Vivek Kar , Bollywood composer
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Names that sound like Vivek
Phonetically similar names — useful when Vivek is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Vive
- Vives
- Vitek
- Viven
- Viver
- Vivec
- Vivak
- Vivir
- Volvic
- Vulvic
- Tyvek
- Uvic
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About the name Vivek
Vivek is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1963 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Vivek's peak popularity came in 2004 when it ranked #1,601. Use the chart and map above to compare Vivek's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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