Viva

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births

Peak · girls
#442
1894 · 40 births
Debut · girls
1880
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
3,605
since 1880

Viva over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Viva has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201900peak #442, 1894girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#5,55422
2024#5,96220
2023#11,1698
2022#9,05611
2021#8,46412
2020#11,0908
2019#8,13813
2018#11,4278
2017#8,77612
2016#9,41111
2015#7,61315
2014#5,99321
2013#6,72918
2012#10,42910
2011#13,3477
2010#14,9596
2009#11,4599
2008#10,80710
2007#17,6365
2006—
2005—
2004#14,1796
2003#15,7845
2002#15,4325
2001—
2000—
1999—
1998—
1997—
1996—
1995—
1994—
1993—
1992—
1991—
1990—
1989—
1988—
1987—
1986#10,9125
1985—
1984#10,4225
1983#6,21210
1982#10,5175
1981#6,32310
1980—
1979#7,3138
1978#6,3859
1977#6,3409
1976#6,6118
1975#5,51610
1974#3,86316
1973#3,78716
1972#3,40418
1971#3,06222
1970#2,93823
1969#3,31817
1968#2,43126
1967#3,21116
1966#3,95911
1965#5,2897
1964#3,37915
1963#4,27210
1962#3,59213
1961#4,00911
1960#2,82019
1959#3,82711
1958#3,92510
1957#4,2029
1956#2,32123
1955#2,06327
1954#2,77916
1953#2,69916
1952#3,7969
1951#2,47417
1950#2,43617
1949#2,34018
1948#1,95324
1947#1,94625
1946#2,02421
1945#1,58827
1944#2,09617
1943#1,75124
1942#1,55928
1941#1,20639
1940#1,15040
1939#1,10242
1938#1,47526
1937#1,09942
1936#1,09641
1935#1,30731
1934#1,01946
1933#1,03845
1932#1,11641
1931#1,04345
1930#92662
1929#1,11943
1928#92464
1927#93564
1926#92166
1925#88570
1924#86874
1923#79185
1922#83577
1921#722103
1920#82576
1919#72892
1918#75589
1917#70396
1916#70096
1915#73881
1914#71465
1913#62469
1912#68953
1911#63446
1910#71035
1909#73130
1908#63936
1907#58040
1906#57038
1905#55639
1904#50043
1903#59630
1902#55934
1901#59128
1900#58935
1899#47638
1898#51037
1897#47736
1896#50434
1895#48836
1894#44240
1893#61422
1892#66619
1891#54123
1890#66716
1889#75712
1888#8949
1887#66112
1886#60614
1885#57614
1884#44920
1883#61510
1882#6349
1881—
1880#6797
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Viva was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Viva
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 408 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #5,554)
  • 5,536 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #5,554)
  • 2,059 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #5,554)
  • Biggest jump: 193 spots in 1930 (#1,119 → #926)
  • Biggest drop: 233 spots in 1888 (#661 → #894)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #442 (40 births)
  • Births halved by 1944, 50 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 49 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1882–1928
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,573
  • Highest: 1 in 5,573 girls born in 1894 were named Viva (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 20.0% of all girls named Viva (722) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s107#449 (1884)#652
1890s301#442 (1894)#539
1900s353#500 (1904)#591
1910s722#624 (1913)#700
1920s722#722 (1921)#883
1930s421#926 (1930)#1,122
1940s263#1,150 (1940)#1,761
1950s155#2,063 (1955)#3,052
1960s145#2,431 (1968)#3,628
1970s139#2,938 (1970)#4,922
1980s35#6,212 (1983)#8,877
1990s0——
2000s40#10,807 (2008)#14,216
2010s121#5,993 (2014)#9,682
2020s81#5,554 (2025)#8,549

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Viva in 1900

girls
#589
35 births · 1 in 8,565 girls

Top girls' names in 1900

  1. #1Mary16,705
  2. #2Helen6,342
  3. #3Anna6,114
  4. #4Margaret5,304
  5. #5Ruth4,765
  6. #6Elizabeth4,096
  7. #7Florence3,920
  8. #8Ethel3,896
  9. #9Marie3,856
  10. #10Lillian3,414
  11. #589Viva35
More about 1900

girls

299,784 girls got a published name in 1900; 1 in 8,565 of them was named Viva, which outranked 73.5% of the 2,223 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Viva
  1. #576Marcia36
  2. #576Maye36
  3. #576Sadye36
  4. #589Viva35
  5. #589Alda35
  6. #589Althea35
  7. #589Arline35
  8. #605Icie34
  9. #605Inga34
  10. #605Juana34

Tied with 15 names at #589; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1899
Risers
  1. ↑ 940Rosia#1,596 → #656
  2. ↑ 763Josiephine#1,596 → #833
  3. ↑ 763Lelar#1,596 → #833
  4. ↑ 736Carmel#1,596 → #860
  5. ↑ 722Gloria#1,278 → #556
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,204Irva#728 → #1,932
  2. ↓ 1,026Dellie#906 → #1,932
  3. ↓ 1,026Marybelle#906 → #1,932
  4. ↓ 949Sada#983 → #1,932
  5. ↓ 949Sidonia#983 → #1,932

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1900 →