Vihaan: meaning and UK use

What does Vihaan mean?

Vihaan comes from Sanskrit vihāna, referring to dawn or morning. The reference does not supply a pronunciation guide, so none is invented here.

Language or name family covered

Hindi; Sanskrit word

Meaning or derivation

Dawn or morning

Our browsing group

boy; international, modern

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Sources for this entry — reviewed 2026-10-07:

• Behind the Name — Vihaan

Pronunciation and related forms

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How popular is Vihaan?

In 2025, 93 baby boys in England and Wales were registered as Vihaan, making it the 427th most popular boys’ name. That is up 21 places on 2024, when it ranked 448th. Ten years earlier, in 2015, it ranked 677th, so it has climbed 250 places in a decade. 2025 is its highest ranking in the ONS series, which starts in 1996. These figures cover England and Wales, not the whole UK.

2025 rank (boys)

427th

2025 registrations

93

Best rank in this series

427th (2025)

Every year from 1996 to 2025

Vihaan: rank and number of baby boys by year (ONS)

Year	Rank	Babies
2025	427	93
2024	448	90
2023	561	67
2022	561	67
2021	598	63
2020	456	86
2019	568	66
2018	610	59
2017	600	61
2016	659	53
2015	677	50
2014	532	71
2013	538	68
2012	634	55
2011	831	36
2010	1109	24
2009	1568	14
2008	2097	9
2007	3095	5
2006	3385	4
2005	—	Not published
2004	—	Not published
2003	—	Not published
2002	—	Not published
2001	—	Not published
2000	—	Not published
1999	—	Not published
1998	—	Not published
1997	—	Not published
1996	—	Not published

The sum of published counts in this 1996–2025 boys series is 1,041. This is a lower bound where years are suppressed, not the number of living people with the name. A best rank is the best position within this series; it does not establish an all-time record.

Sources: ONS release, 2025; girls' dataset; boys' dataset. Our 20 top-ten positions were checked against Table 1 in the 2025 workbooks. The history chart and spelling comparisons come from the separate ONS 1996–2025 workbook, checked 7 October 2026. Spelling variants are separate entries. Scotland and Northern Ireland have separate statistics.

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Names to compare with Vihaan

These suggestions share a browsing group and one or more of our style tags or source-context labels. They are taste comparisons, not etymological relatives or a popularity ranking.

• Aaravinternational, modern · Crying, howling or noise
• Finnmodern, international · An Irish form of Fionn
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• Lucainternational, modern · A form of Lucas or Luke
• Raffertymodern, international · Through Rabhartach, meaning flood tide
• Zaynmodern, international · Beauty or grace

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