Fun Facts About the Name Viraat
- 171 babies named Viraat: U.S. records list 171 babies given the name Viraat from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Viraat Mean?
Viraat is a masculine name from Sanskrit. It represents the Sanskrit word virāṭ (विराट्) or the epic name Virāṭa (विराट), both of which carry the sense of great, mighty, vast, or sovereign. The word is related to virāj (विराज्), meaning to shine forth, rule, or be eminent; this is formed with the prefix vi- and the root rāj, to rule or shine. The literal force of the name is therefore a preeminent or kingly one. In Hindu philosophical texts, virāṭ also names the cosmic or universal form, a symbolic extension of the same idea of vastness and sovereignty rather than a separate origin. Modern use is chiefly in India and Hindu communities elsewhere, where the name is spelled Viraat or Virat.
Viraat Name History & Origins
The Sanskrit word behind the name is old and belongs to religious and epic literature. Its best-known literary association is King Virata of the Matsya kingdom in the Mahabharata. In the epic, the Pandava brothers spend their thirteenth year of exile disguised in his court; events there include Bhima's killing of Kichaka and Arjuna's service as the dance teacher Brihannala, and they lead into the Kurukshetra war. Virata's capital, Viratanagara, is traditionally identified with present-day Bairat in Rajasthan, India, and the Nepalese city of Biratnagar is also traditionally linked to the same king. This epic use is a famous literary association, not a claim about the word's earliest occurrence. The name has continued as a Sanskrit-derived masculine given name in India, Nepal, and the Indian diaspora, usually written विराट in Devanagari and transliterated as Viraat or Virat. The spelling Viraat uses a doubled a to suggest the long ā of Sanskrit; Virat is a simplified English form.
How Popular is the Name Viraat?
Viraat has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2016. Its best rank was #4,930 in 2016.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,208 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2024 | #9,783 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2023 | #8,216 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2022 | #12,226 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2020 | #8,011 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2019 | #7,138 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2018 | #6,676 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2017 | #5,766 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2016 | #4,930 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2015 | #5,045 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #8,085 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2013 | #8,069 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2012 | #7,521 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #8,723 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #10,914 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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How the Name Viraat Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You are fixed in your opinions, firm in your friendships and square in your dealings with others. You are an excellent worker. Since you are both possessive and emotional, you can be either very practical or very impractical and unpredictable. Your dual nature needs to become steadfast. You are the marrying kind. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
Position and social status is very important for you and you are always looking for way to improve your position in society. You have power and ability to chose your own destiny and achieve anything you want in life. You can expand in any direction according to your will and the set of values. You have passion for justice and belong to the position of authority. You have an inherent courage and endurance to accomplish "The Impossible Dream". With the power comes responsibility. You hold keys to the material world, but with this gift comes high spiritual responsibility to be fair and true to others. You are philosophical and mature, determined and intense with a desire to endure, often religious.
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