Girls' name · since 1940
Viann
137 babies named Viann in U.S. Social Security records since 1940, with the highest year being 1964. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,753 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,146 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 137
- born since 1940
- 1950s
- peak decade
Yes -- Viann is the #15146 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 137 recorded since 1940.
Viann has 137 recorded births among girls since 1940, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15146 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1940 to 2025.
- #23,753 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,146 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 137 born since 1940
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Viann ranks #23,753 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,146 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 137 born since 1940, peaking in the 1950s.
- #23,753 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,146 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 137
- born since 1940
- 1950s
- peak decade
Viann's 137 recorded births place it above 67.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Viann compares
137 30th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Viann's all-time total is 64% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Viann | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 137 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 21 | 19,840 |
Viann's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Viann's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1940, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1964 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Viann popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1940–2025
- Peak year (1964)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 86 years of records
Viann by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (68 births, 50% of the file).
1950s was Viann's strongest decade.
68 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Viann births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
40 births
- 1950s
1950s
68 births
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 68 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Viann's data
- Viann's decade-level peak was the 1950s (68 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Viann: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1964)
Similar record span (~85 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1940–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Viann draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.