MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Vivek mean?
Viveka denotes distinguishing one thing from another and has a particular philosophical use for discriminating the real from the apparent. The Sanskrit noun viveka includes separating one thing from another.
Pronunciation
IAST: viveka
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
विवेक
Letter-by-letter: viveka
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Vivek in Indian usage
238,761 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (99.3%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,651 records (0.7%).
- Recorded as male: 237,110 records (99.3%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 205 |
| 1940s | 171 |
| 1950s | 879 |
| 1960s | 5,605 |
| 1970s | 25,105 |
| 1980s | 84,997 |
| 1990s | 121,687 |
| Other decades | 112 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 110,965 |
| Bihar | 39,765 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 24,330 |
| Jharkhand | 10,489 |
| Delhi | 10,171 |
| Rajasthan | 8,768 |
| Haryana | 8,013 |
| Kerala | 7,663 |
| Uttarakhand | 5,530 |
| Punjab | 4,979 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 4,621 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 1,034 |
| Chandigarh | 711 |
| Goa | 637 |
| Maharashtra | 376 |
| Puducherry | 207 |
| Meghalaya | 103 |
| Other states | 399 |
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 | Vivek / M | 3 | 5,137 |
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 Vivek; Table_6, C6514 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Vivek; Table_6, C6514
- Monier-Williams, viveka, p. 987,3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Behind the Name: Vivek ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
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