Viggo

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⭐ Famous Viggo

Viggo Mortensen

American actor

Choose Viggo and your child shares a first name with Viggo Mortensen, an American actor. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Viggo, like who?” Viggo Mortensen's Wikipedia article is available in 83 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 17,606 baby boys born in the US in 2025 was named Viggo, 97 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Viggo would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryViggo first shows up in US birth records in 1913, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 112 years since.
• 🏆Best yearViggo is at its all-time high right now: #1,688 in 2025.
• 🚀TrendViggo has climbed 1,198 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #1,688. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 📍Where it's lovedViggo is most popular in Minnesota, where it ranks #511, followed by Oregon (#604) and Utah (#703). It's in the top 1,000 in 4 states.
• 💬MeaningIn Scandinavian, Viggo means “battle, war”. Our records link it to Danish and German roots.
• 🌍OriginViggo is the #4 most popular Danish boy name in the US. That's out of 15 Danish boy and unisex names in our list.

About the name Viggo

Viggo is a boy name of Danish and German origin meaning “battle, war”. It has 5 letters and 2 syllables, starting with V and ending in “-ggo”. US birth records list Viggo for boys from 1913 to 2025, in 28 of those 113 years. Its best year was 2025, when it ranked #1,688 among boy names. In 2025 it ranked #1,688, with 97 babies.

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