Vivien

#1,844 for girls in 2025, 108 births · Last seen for boys in 1924 at #3,023
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1911 · 66 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
7,403
since 1885

Vivien over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Vivien has never cracked the top 500 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201890peak #511, 1911girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,844108—
2024#1,708119—
2023#1,736118—
2022#1,754118—
2021#1,398156—
2020#1,327166—
2019#1,209193—
2018#1,199198—
2017#1,131219—
2016#1,143221—
2015#1,085241—
2014#1,050248—
2013#1,178204—
2012#1,264190—
2011#1,329175—
2010#1,160209—
2009#1,509151—
2008#2,054100—
2007#1,971104—
2006#1,809113—
2005#1,924100—
2004#2,02091—
2003#1,89696—
2002#2,44765—
2001#2,63557—
2000#2,50860—
1999#2,89646—
1998#3,01542—
1997#3,16137—
1996#2,55849—
1995#3,49231—
1994#3,30234—
1993#3,22135—
1992#3,96826—
1991#3,30133—
1990#4,23023—
1989#6,53112—
1988#6,27712—
1987#4,47418—
1986#7,1349—
1985#6,9559—
1984#6,29110—
1983#7,3128—
1982#4,71615—
1981#5,88511—
1980#6,7899—
1979#3,77720—
1978#6,9488—
1977#4,42515—
1976#6,6118—
1975#4,14115—
1974#5,36010—
1973#6,0808—
1972#5,10910—
1971#5,13610—
1970#4,49212—
1969#4,19812—
1968#4,7799—
1967#2,63222—
1966#3,40014—
1965#3,95211—
1964#2,67522—
1963#2,78020—
1962#2,46324—
1961#2,11731—
1960#1,95334—
1959#2,28925—
1958#2,02530—
1957#1,75438—
1956#2,38922—
1955#2,15625—
1954#1,83632—
1953#1,67135—
1952#1,42047—
1951#1,36247—
1950#1,45240—
1949#1,62733—
1948#1,29850—
1947#1,29050—
1946#1,12157—
1945#1,13148—
1944#1,15346—
1943#1,14350—
1942#99761—
1941#73593—
1940#572148—
1939#98152—
1938#1,70321—
1937#1,38928—
1936#1,37528—
1935#1,33130—
1934#1,31730—
1933#1,28931—
1932#1,23734—
1931#1,25833—
1930#97157—
1929#94158—
1928#80080—
1927#77687—
1926#80481—
1925#78489—
1924#708110#3,0239
1923#82579#3,8226
1922#86472—
1921#96958—
1920#1,00554#3,8156
1919#93357—
1918#93059—
1917#1,01348—
1916#1,00547—
1915#90053—
1914#93240—
1913#85238#2,8215
1912#56074—
1911#51166—
1910#84526—
1909#1,6078—
1908#1,35710—
1907#81921—
1906#1,22910—
1905#1,09312—
1904#1,17010—
1903#1,5926—
1902#1,4387—
1901#96112—
1900#97015—
1899#1,1818—
1898#1,00912—
1897#1,1678—
1896#1,1229—
1895#93212—
1894#69718—
1893#1,0918—
1892#1,4505—
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1890#1,2106—
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1885#1,0475—
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First appearance
1885

The first year at least five girls were named Vivien! It came in at #1,047, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1889, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Vivien is popular in 1890

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Vivien
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 136 spots since 2024 (#1,708 → #1,844)
  • 517 spots since 2020 (#1,327 → #1,844)
  • 759 spots since 2015 (#1,085 → #1,844)
  • Biggest jump: 762 spots in 1910 (#1,607 → #845)
  • Biggest drop: 538 spots in 1908 (#819 → #1,357)
Rise & fade · girls
26 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1885
  • Peaked 1911 at #511 (66 births)
  • Births halved by 1931, 20 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1921–1930
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,338
  • Highest: 1 in 6,338 girls born in 1911 were named Vivien (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 14,882 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 28.3% of all girls named Vivien (2,098) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s5#1,047 (1885)#1,047
1890s86#697 (1894)#1,095
1900s111#819 (1907)#1,224
1910s508#511 (1911)#848
1920s768#708 (1924)#848
1930s344#971 (1930)#1,285
1940s636#572 (1940)#1,107
1950s341#1,362 (1951)#1,835
1960s199#1,953 (1960)#3,095
1970s116#3,777 (1979)#5,208
1980s113#4,474 (1987)#6,236
1990s356#2,558 (1996)#3,314
2000s937#1,509 (2009)#2,077
2010s2,098#1,050 (2014)#1,175
2020s785#1,327 (2020)#1,628

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.

Vivien in 1890

girls
#1,210
6 births · 1 in 31,730 girls

Top girls' names in 1890

  1. #1Mary12,078
  2. #2Anna5,233
  3. #3Elizabeth3,112
  4. #4Margaret3,100
  5. #5Emma2,980
  6. #6Florence2,744
  7. #7Ethel2,718
  8. #8Minnie2,650
  9. #9Clara2,496
  10. #10Bertha2,388
  11. #1,210Vivien6
More about 1890

girls

190,377 girls got a published name in 1890; 1 in 31,730 of them was named Vivien, which outranked 21.1% of the 1,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vivien
  1. #1,099Zilpha7
  2. #1,099Zita7
  3. #1,099Zoa7
  4. #1,210Vivien6
  5. #1,210Abby6
  6. #1,210Achsah6
  7. #1,210Adelaida6
  8. #1,338Agness5
  9. #1,338Alla5
  10. #1,338Almina5

Tied with 127 names at #1,210; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1889
Risers
  1. ↑ 612Electa#1,279 → #667
  2. ↑ 586Lular#1,279 → #693
  3. ↑ 548Alvena#1,147 → #599
  4. ↑ 521Prudie#1,279 → #758
  5. ↑ 505Tempie#1,147 → #642
Fallers
  1. ↓ 581Lella#757 → #1,338
  2. ↓ 581Vira#757 → #1,338
  3. ↓ 553Buena#657 → #1,210
  4. ↓ 536Roxana#802 → #1,338
  5. ↓ 499Fleda#839 → #1,338

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

See the top 100 for 1890 →