Given name & surname
Vikas
“one who makes progress in life”
Vikas is used as a given name and a surname. One Indian interpretation is “one who makes progress in life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Indian interpretation is “one who makes progress in life.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Indian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vikas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 519
- 519 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 9 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 22 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,873 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Vikas’s family of names
In English usage, Vikas has a conventional equivalent in the Hindi form विकास. In English usage, Vikas was borrowed from the Hindi form विकास. In Greek usage, Vikas as a surname is a transliteration of Βήκας.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vikas
- Vikas Swarupformer Indian diplomat and authorborn 1963
- Vikas BahlIndian Filmmakerborn 1971
- Vikas Krishan YadavIndian boxerborn 1992
- Vikas GowdaIndian discus throwerborn 1983
- Vikas SethiIndian actor1976–2024
- Vikas Guptaproducerborn 1988
- Vikas BhallaIndian actor and singerborn 1972
- Vikas KhannaIndian celebrity chefborn 1971
- Vikkas ManaktalaIndian television actorborn 1980
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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