Girls' name · since 2002
Viha
453 babies named Viha in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,567 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,507 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 453
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Viha currently ranks #2507 among girls' names in America, with 453 babies recorded since 2002.
Social Security Administration records show Viha recorded 453 times among girls since 2002, holding rank #2507 nationally today, ahead of 86% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #12,567 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,507 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 453 born since 2002
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Viha ranks #12,567 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,507 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 453 born since 2002, peaking in the 2020s.
- #12,567 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,507 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 453
- born since 2002
- 2020s
- peak decade
Viha's 453 recorded births place it above 82.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
7 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Viha compares
453 Top 47% higher than 53% of 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
Viha's all-time total is 20% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Viha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 453 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 71 | 21 | 19,840 |
Viha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Viha splits its recorded history at 2017: 81% of all births land in the more recent half, 19% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2002 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 71 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Viha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 71
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Viha by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (297 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Viha's strongest decade.
297 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Viha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
151 births
- 2020s
2020s
297 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 297 births (66% of all-time use).
Viha by state
Where Viha concentrates geographically, total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 41 | 9.1% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 28 | 6.2% |
| #3 | California | | 27 | 6.0% |
| #4 | North Carolina | | 14 | 3.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 8 | 1.8% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 6 | 1.3% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 1.1% |
41 of 453 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 7 reporting states.
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- Texas records the most Vihas (41 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Viha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~23 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, 2002–2025 (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 Viha 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.