MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vikram mean?
Vikrama includes the sense of a powerful stride as well as courage, from the root kram, to step. Vikramaditya expands this valour word with Aditya, sun.
Pronunciation
IAST: vikrama
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
विक्रम
Letter-by-letter: vikrama
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vikram in Indian usage
255,003 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.4%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,564 records (0.6%).
- Recorded as male: 253,439 records (99.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 867 |
| 1940s | 3,319 |
| 1950s | 7,851 |
| 1960s | 17,033 |
| 1970s | 36,110 |
| 1980s | 87,565 |
| 1990s | 101,936 |
| Other decades | 322 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 60,610 |
| Rajasthan | 57,764 |
| Haryana | 34,933 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 30,973 |
| Bihar | 28,551 |
| Uttarakhand | 12,511 |
| Delhi | 9,653 |
| Jharkhand | 9,204 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 6,529 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 2,091 |
| Chandigarh | 820 |
| Maharashtra | 413 |
| Goa | 222 |
| Kerala | 147 |
| Karnataka | 120 |
| Other states | 462 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Vikram / M | 11 | 2,133 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Vikram; Table_6, C2265 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Vikram; Table_6, C2265
- Monier-Williams, vikrama, p. 955,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: विक्रम ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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