Virat — #3504 US boys' name
444 babies named Virat in U.S. Social Security records since 2011, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 75% of names given to boys today.
62% of everyone ever named Virat was born in this single decade.
54 babies were named Virat in 2019 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Virat
The Social Security Administration has registered 444 babies named Virat between 2011 and 2024, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Virat currently holds the #3504 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2019, when 54 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Virat performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 274 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Virat shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 73 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Virat in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Virat in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 444 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Virat at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Virat popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2011
- Peak year (2019)
- 54
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
Currently ranks #3504 among boys.
444 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2019 with 54 births in a single year.
Virat by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 274 births that decade — 62% of Virat's all-time total
Virat decade highlights
- Peak decade 274 births
- Runner-up 170 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Virat's strongest decade
274 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Virat by state
Where Virat concentrates geographically — total births since 2011
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 73 | 16.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 28 | 6.3% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 12 | 2.7% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 5 | 1.1% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 5 | 1.1% |
73 of 444 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 16.4% of nationwide
- Texas 6.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 2.7% of nationwide
- Michigan 1.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 16.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2011–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.