Viva — #5949 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Viva

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,583 babies named Viva between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Viva currently holds the #5949 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 103 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Viva performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 722 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Viva shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 120 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Viva in 21 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Viva in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,583 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.