MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vikrant mean?
Vikrānta begins with the image of taking wide strides in Sanskrit. The adjective develops the familiar senses courageous, mighty and victorious. As a noun it can denote a warrior.
Pronunciation
IAST: vikrānta
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
विक्रान्त
Letter-by-letter: vikrānta
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
विक्रांत
Letter-by-letter: vikrāṃta
7,364 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vikrant in Indian usage
21,546 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 101 records (0.5%).
- Recorded as male: 21,445 records (99.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1970s | 2,135 |
| 1980s | 8,493 |
| 1990s | 10,648 |
| Other decades | 270 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 8,801 |
| Bihar | 2,989 |
| Haryana | 2,486 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 1,811 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 1,524 |
| Delhi | 1,076 |
| Rajasthan | 881 |
| Jharkhand | 796 |
| Uttarakhand | 752 |
| Chandigarh | 126 |
| Goa | 120 |
| Other states | 184 |
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 | Vikrant / M | 3 | 5,137 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
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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 Vikrant; Table_6, C6507 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Vikrant; Table_6, C6507
- Monier-Williams, vikrānta, p. 955,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.