Vivian

#70 for girls in 2025, 3,362 births · #12,008 for boys in 2025, 5 births
Given to girls 98.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1920 · 4,128 births
Debut · girls
22 births
In top 100 · girls
34 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
228,172
since 1880

Vivian over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201993peak #64, 1920girls
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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
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#703,362#12,0085
2024#773,096
2023#872,808
2022#1042,674#9,8237
2021#1002,695
2020#1012,705
2019#962,934
2018#962,976#6,70312
2017#973,032
2016#953,142
2015#953,204
2014#973,063#12,1085
2013#1202,651#9,6557
2012#1412,264
2011#1532,022#12,2875
2010#1581,943#12,2315
2009#1641,964#9,8647
2008#2061,639#9,8717
2007#2101,640
2006#2241,536#8,7328
2005#2231,560
2004#2311,425
2003#2241,453
2002#2491,275
2001#3121,020
2000#2721,178
1999#2801,114
1998#325912
1997#320908#9,2655
1996#314897#7,1367
1995#317867#5,12411
1994#297921
1993#295931#4,69712
1992#306909#5,23610
1991#315852#4,76011
1990#447553#5,8238
1989#506465#5,1659
1988#515428#6,4266
1987#500429#6,9515
1986#485443
1985#497408#5,1477
1984#488412#4,5528
1983#479411#3,63011
1982#510393
1981#536351#6,2625
1980#498409#5,5256
1979#449456
1978#529348#5,7725
1977#517361
1976#485377#4,4187
1975#453423
1974#401505#3,31810
1973#388526#4,5056
1972#376569
1971#362660#3,3709
1970#338776#2,73912
1969#318810#3,0629
1968#288914#4,1365
1967#2591,056#3,2317
1966#2601,058#2,62710
1965#2451,253#2,7809
1964#2241,511#3,0508
1963#2041,745#3,3187
1962#2061,747#2,27913
1961#1941,894#1,87619
1960#1882,022#2,21014
1959#1772,184#1,52227
1958#1722,206#2,26513
1957#1532,432#1,79120
1956#1482,560#2,36112
1955#1542,357#1,68221
1954#1562,275#1,43528
1953#1492,358#1,63022
1952#1422,508#1,61522
1951#1382,405#1,77418
1950#1382,269#2,20712
1949#1362,327#1,66720
1948#1262,424#1,46025
1947#1282,483#1,27133
1946#1202,424#1,35527
1945#1182,168#1,69716
1944#1292,022#1,43822
1943#1222,321#1,36826
1942#1242,203#1,22832
1941#1132,280#1,20930
1940#1152,261#1,33425
1939#1281,868#1,14132
1938#1351,797#1,19930
1937#1271,910#1,52820
1936#1152,015#1,02838
1935#1122,124#1,19431
1934#982,413#1,42523
1933#982,378#90547
1932#902,662#86255
1931#822,893#1,03142
1930#912,872#1,05343
1929#813,101#91454
1928#783,310#1,07842
1927#773,510#81167
1926#803,430#93153
1925#763,576#97349
1924#713,850#96053
1923#693,831#82167
1922#743,733#81868
1921#684,103#85665
1920#644,128#78572
1919#723,640#75373
1918#723,663#80965
1917#793,119#80461
1916#773,049#79760
1915#782,857#91646
1914#812,080#65859
1913#831,727#69643
1912#841,487#73534
1911#801,211#62424
1910#107801#75516
1909#111652#71415
1908#121561#56620
1907#116572#54020
1906#129489#67413
1905#128492#61515
1904#126470#49219
1903#128432#59514
1902#132425#7949
1901#144342#59612
1900#151383#57818
1899#172250#66110
1898#162308#45220
1897#176241#68110
1896#183224#48118
1895#183216#50116
1894#183212#59412
1893#191185#7059
1892#205152#59712
1891#232108#59710
1890#241103#8147
1889#26083#62810
1888#26277#8157
1887#25966#48813
1886#29449#8456
1885#27551#8366
1884#34133#54712
1883#30633#7207
1882#34127#9435
1881#32524#5959
1880#34222#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Vivian was already there! It came in at #342, and was given to 22 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1884, when fewer than 34 girls a year got the name.

See more about Vivian
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#77#70)
  • 31 spots since 2020 (#101#70)
  • 25 spots since 2015 (#95#70)
  • Biggest jump: 132 spots in 1991 (#447#315)
  • Biggest drop: 52 spots in 1975 (#401#453)
Rise & fade · girls
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1920 at #64 (4,128 births)
  • Births halved by 1936, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 34 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 34 yrs · run 1911–1934
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 290
  • Highest: 1 in 290 girls born in 1920 were named Vivian (0.34%)
  • Latest: 1 in 478 girls born in 2025 (0.21%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 16.0% of all girls named Vivian (36,572) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #64 (1920) → #536 (1981) → #70 (2025)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s465#259 (1887)#301
1890s1,999#162 (1898)#193
1900s4,818#111 (1909)#129
1910s23,634#72 (1918)#81
1920s36,572#64 (1920)#74
1930s22,932#82 (1931)#108
1940s22,913#113 (1941)#123
1950s23,554#138 (1951)#153
1960s14,010#188 (1960)#239
1970s5,001#338 (1970)#430
1980s4,149#479 (1983)#501
1990s8,864#280 (1999)#322
2000s14,690#164 (2009)#232
2010s27,231#95 (2015)#115
2020s17,340#70 (2025)#90

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.

Vivian in 1993

girls
#295
931 births · 1 in 1,943 girls
boys
#4,697
12 births · 1 in 163,444 boys

Top girls' names in 1993

  1. #1Jessica34,993
  2. #2Ashley34,849
  3. #3Sarah24,257
  4. #4Samantha23,668
  5. #5Emily23,596
  6. #6Brittany21,725
  7. #7Taylor21,270
  8. #8Amanda20,811
  9. #9Elizabeth17,559
  10. #10Stephanie17,186
  11. #295Vivian931

Top boys' names in 1993

  1. #1Michael49,571
  2. #2Christopher38,237
  3. #3Matthew35,782
  4. #4Joshua33,590
  5. #5Tyler29,800
  6. #6Brandon28,735
  7. #7Daniel28,698
  8. #8Nicholas28,114
  9. #9Jacob27,487
  10. #10Andrew27,326
  11. #4,697Vivian12
More about 1993

girls

1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 1,943 of them was named Vivian, which outranked 98.1% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vivian
  1. #292Carolina949
  2. #293Charlotte943
  3. #294Adrienne940
  4. #295Vivian931
  5. #296Mikayla928
  6. #297Toni918
  7. #298Devon915
Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 12,442Coraima#13,317#875
  2. 5,624Kadijah#6,314#690
  3. 3,307Kalene#4,236#929
  4. 1,413Deyanira#2,351#938
  5. 979Halle#1,713#734
Fallers
  1. 1,120Latifah#802#1,922
  2. 747Shanae#662#1,409
  3. 520Jaleesa#792#1,312
  4. 487Brianda#777#1,264
  5. 417Chynna#941#1,358

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

boys

1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 163,444 of them was named Vivian, which outranked 53.8% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vivian
  1. #4,447Zarek13
  2. #4,447Zeshan13
  3. #4,447Zuriel13
  4. #4,697Vivian12
  5. #4,697Aarin12
  6. #4,697Aarion12
  7. #4,697Abbas12
  8. #5,002Abed11
  9. #5,002Acie11
  10. #5,002Adekunle11

Tied with 304 names at #4,697; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1992
Risers
  1. 5,880Savon#6,670#790
  2. 2,006Jordy#2,834#828
  3. 662Austyn#1,598#936
  4. 471Devaughn#1,395#924
  5. 454Mikal#1,294#840
Fallers
  1. 329Channing#887#1,216
  2. 307Garth#658#965
  3. 252Earnest#911#1,163
  4. 241Armand#987#1,228
  5. 240Spenser#831#1,071

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

See the top 100 for 1993