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How popular is the name Viren?

Births per year, rank history and how many Virens are alive today.

Viren (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 4275th in 2025 and given to 4 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2013, when 15 babies were given the name, the 1539th most popular that year. It has declined since 2013; the 2025 figure is roughly 27% of its peak. Viren is one spelling of a name also recorded as Veeran; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Viren you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Virens born in England and Wales are between 8 and 20, and there are at least 310 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Viren - on average, only one in every 978 such rooms contains a Viren.

How many babies are named Viren each year?

Includes all spellings: Viren, Veeran. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

05101520200020201996: 51997: 31998: 71999: 72001: 62002: 32003: 52004: 32005: 32006: 52007: 62008: 112009: 72010: 142011: 132012: 202013: 192014: 152015: 192016: 152017: 102018: 132019: 112020: 102021: 112022: 102023: 92024: 82025: 12actual

Where does the Viren spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201996: ranked 2,0201997: ranked 2,8591998: ranked 1,6421999: ranked 1,6642001: ranked 1,9492002: ranked 3,2252003: ranked 2,4702004: ranked 3,6512005: ranked 3,8492006: ranked 2,8702007: ranked 4,3332008: ranked 2,5072009: ranked 2,5442010: ranked 2,6292011: ranked 2,1942012: ranked 1,6692013: ranked 1,5392014: ranked 2,2482015: ranked 1,7862016: ranked 3,0792017: ranked 3,0402018: ranked 2,6932019: ranked 4,7022020: ranked 4,6082021: ranked 3,4512022: ranked 4,7902023: ranked 4,9922025: ranked 4,275

Where does the Veeran spelling rank?

1101001,0005,00020202007: ranked 4,3332008: ranked 3,6872010: ranked 2,6292011: ranked 3,8302012: ranked 3,0392013: ranked 3,8222014: ranked 2,9642015: ranked 3,0042016: ranked 2,3352017: ranked 3,9962018: ranked 3,0112019: ranked 2,4882020: ranked 2,6822021: ranked 3,0172022: ranked 2,7562023: ranked 3,1132024: ranked 2,6722025: ranked 2,664

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Viren per year in England and Wales, 1996 to 2025, peaking at about 20 in 2012
Viren: births per year in England and Wales, 1996-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Viren most popular?

Viren peaked in 2012, when 20 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Viren?

At least 310 people named Viren in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Viren?

Most living Virens are between 8 and 20; the most common age is about 13.

Is Viren becoming more or less popular?

Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.






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