Vivian Girl
How popular is Vivian?
#70 girl name in 2025
3,362 baby girls were named Vivian in the US in 2025, making it the 70th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
Vivian popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #70 for girls (▲ 7 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 3,362 girls, 5 boys |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+5% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #95 in 2015, #101 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1920 (4,128 girls) |
| Highest rank | #64 in 1920 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Vivian counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Vivian family of names ranked #44 for girls in 2025 (#50 the year before), with 5,434 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Vivian | 3,362 | 62% |
| Vivienne | 1,786 | 33% |
| Vivien | 108 | 2% |
| Vivianne | 114 | 2% |
| Viviann | 35 | 1% |
| Viviane | 23 | 0% |
| Vivyan | 6 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Vivian is most popular
Babies named Vivian per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Maine: 7.1 per 1,000 (110 girls)
- Vermont: 6.4 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- Wyoming: 6.1 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- New Hampshire: 5.8 per 1,000 (108 girls)
- South Dakota: 5.8 per 1,000 (83 girls)
Vivian by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 465 | #259 |
| 1890s | 1,999 | #162 |
| 1900s | 4,818 | #111 |
| 1910s | 23,634 | #72 |
| 1920s | 36,572 | #64 |
| 1930s | 22,932 | #82 |
| 1940s | 22,913 | #113 |
| 1950s | 23,554 | #138 |
| 1960s | 14,010 | #188 |
| 1970s | 5,001 | #338 |
| 1980s | 4,149 | #479 |
| 1990s | 8,864 | #280 |
| 2000s | 14,690 | #164 |
| 2010s | 27,231 | #95 |
| 2020s | 17,340 | #70 |
Girl names about as popular as Vivian
Questions
- Is Vivian a boy or girl name?
- Vivian is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Vivian were girls.
- How popular is the name Vivian?
- 3,362 baby girls were named Vivian in the US in 2025, making it the 70th most popular girl name. Another 5 boys got the name (#12,004 for boys).
- When was Vivian most popular?
- Vivian peaked in 1920, when 4,128 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #64 in 1920.
- How many people are named Vivian?
- 230,755 babies have been named Vivian in the US since 1880. We estimate about 130,300 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 33.
- Where is Vivian most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Vivian was most common in Maine, at 7.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.