Viraj
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Viraj is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Sri Lanka than in any other country.
- USUnited States1 in 208K(measured from records)
- LKSri Lanka≈1 in 1.2K
- AEUnited Arab Emirates≈1 in 48K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Sri Lanka (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 206 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.2K (inferred from the name graph)
≈19,000 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Sri Lanka, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Viraj counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LK Sri Lanka | #160 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.2K | — | Viraj | 56 |
| US United States | — | 1,600 | 1 in 208K | 1.5K | Viraj | 206 |
| ID Indonesia | — | ≈800 est. | ≈1 in 335K | — | Viraj | 10 |
| BD Bangladesh | — | ≈340 est. | ≈1 in 484K | — | Viraj | 4 |
| AU Australia | — | ≈260 est. | ≈1 in 99K | 5 | Viraj | 66 |
| AE United Arab Emirates | — | ≈210 est. | ≈1 in 48K | — | Viraj | 25 |
| QA Qatar | — | ≈46 est. | ≈1 in 53K | — | Viraj | 9 |
| KW Kuwait | — | ≈38 est. | ≈1 in 78K | — | Viraj | 5 |
| GY Guyana | — | 11 | 1 in 68K | 11 | — | 1 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Viraj is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Turkish, bend, curve, turn
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, turn
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Romanian, VIRÁJ, viraje, s. n. 1. Faptul de a vira, de a(-și) schimba direcția de mers; cotire. ♦ Porțiune curbă de șosea cu rază de curbură mică. 2. (Chim.) Schimbare a culorii unei substanțe cu ajutorul unui reactiv; schimbare a culorii unui pozitiv fotografic. [Pl. și: virajuri. - Var.: (rar) virágiu s. n.]. ¶ VIRÁGIU s. n. v. viraj.
as a wordDEX online (dexonline.ro) - DEX '96 / DEX '98 definitions with etymology
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Viraj Adhavb. 1977INIndian actor
- Viraj Pererab. 1978LKSri Lankan cricketer
- Viraj Pushpakumarab. 1987LKcricketer
- Viraj Sagar Dasb. 1990INbusinessperson and sports executive
- Viraj Bhosaleb. 1992INcricketer
- Viraj Kuvaleb. 2000INbadminton player
- Viraj KalyaniINbusinessman from India
- Viraj MendisSri Lankan activist
- Viraj M. ShahINresearcher
- Viraj R. KharkarINresearcher
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 30 sources across 18 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 1.5K | #8,898 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2024 | 183 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 144 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2023 | 132 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2021 | 128 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2022 | 124 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 86 | #8,898 |
| GY Guyana | Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025 | 2025 | 11 | #583 |
| AU Australia | Australian national given names (aggregated state BDM) | 2017 | 5 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 2017 | 5 | — |
| AU Australia | SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present) | 2017 | 5 | — |
| AU Australia | AU state BDM — consolidated top baby names (NSW + SA + QLD) | 1944 | 2 | — |
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Viraj a male or female name?
- Viraj is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Viraj have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 19 thousand people named Viraj in Sri Lanka, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled viraj.
- How common is the name Viraj?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,600 people named Viraj in 2020, about 1 in 208 thousand residents.
- How common is Viraj compared with other names?
- In Sri Lanka, Viraj is the 160th most common given name of 14,062 given names recorded there.
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curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/virajThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Viraj” — the 160th most common given name in Sri Lanka. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.