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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #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
1891
1890#1,2106
1889
1888
1887
1886
1885#1,0475
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
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.

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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 1928

girls
#800
80 births · 1 in 14,416 girls

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #800Vivien80
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 14,416 of them was named Vivien, which outranked 85.3% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vivien
  1. #794Jacquelin81
  2. #794Rosanna81
  3. #794Zora81
  4. #800Vivien80
  5. #800Cathryn80
  6. #800Claudie80
  7. #800Eve80
  8. #805Almeda79
  9. #805Cordelia79
  10. #805Dorene79

Tied with 4 names at #800; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

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

See the top 100 for 1928