Viva
Viva was given to 22 girls in 2025, #5,710 among girls’ names; 3,605 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Viva by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Viva?
#5,710 among girls’ names, 2025
Viva rose from #7,981 in 2015 to #5,710 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 8.4 to 13.7 per million.
103 babies in 1921, the peak
Viva peaked in 1921, when 103 girls were given it, #727 among girls’ names. The 22 births of 2025 are 21% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,710 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 20 | #6,143 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 8 | #12,116 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,636 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,943 | 0.01 |
| 2020 | 8 | #12,075 | under 0.01 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,570 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 8 | #12,389 | under 0.01 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,309 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 11 | #10,072 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (126)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 15 | #7,981 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 21 | #6,193 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 18 | #7,014 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 10 | #11,200 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 7 | #14,742 | under 0.01 |
| 2010 | 6 | #16,873 | under 0.01 |
| 2009 | 9 | #12,382 | under 0.01 |
| 2008 | 10 | #11,555 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 5 | #20,411 | under 0.01 |
| 2004 | 6 | #16,007 | under 0.01 |
| 2003 | 5 | #18,310 | under 0.01 |
| 2002 | 5 | #17,977 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 5 | #12,776 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 5 | #12,131 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,690 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 5 | #12,275 | under 0.01 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,792 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 8 | #8,040 | under 0.01 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,932 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,879 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,276 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,975 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 16 | #4,033 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,958 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,539 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,160 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 23 | #3,026 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,455 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,481 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,332 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 11 | #4,186 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,798 | under 0.01 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,508 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,527 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,776 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,230 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,899 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 11 | #4,020 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 10 | #4,182 | under 0.01 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,528 | under 0.01 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,385 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,105 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,885 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,805 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 9 | #4,112 | under 0.01 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,572 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,530 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 18 | #2,406 | 0.01 |
| 1948 | 24 | #2,005 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,987 | 0.01 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,088 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,619 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,194 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,788 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,587 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 39 | #1,221 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,169 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 42 | #1,131 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,503 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 42 | #1,115 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 41 | #1,114 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,327 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 46 | #1,034 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 45 | #1,049 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 41 | #1,128 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 45 | #1,059 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 62 | #936 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 43 | #1,135 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 64 | #933 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 64 | #953 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 66 | #925 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 70 | #889 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 74 | #878 | 0.06 |
| 1923 | 85 | #792 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 77 | #840 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 103 | #727 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 76 | #835 | 0.06 |
| 1919 | 92 | #734 | 0.08 |
| 1918 | 89 | #758 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 96 | #707 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 96 | #705 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 81 | #742 | 0.08 |
| 1914 | 65 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1913 | 69 | #625 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 53 | #696 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 46 | #640 | 0.11 |
| 1910 | 35 | #721 | 0.09 |
| 1909 | 30 | #746 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 36 | #648 | 0.11 |
| 1907 | 40 | #587 | 0.13 |
| 1906 | 38 | #577 | 0.13 |
| 1905 | 39 | #563 | 0.13 |
| 1904 | 43 | #508 | 0.16 |
| 1903 | 30 | #606 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 34 | #569 | 0.13 |
| 1901 | 28 | #601 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 35 | #604 | 0.12 |
| 1899 | 38 | #479 | 0.16 |
| 1898 | 37 | #519 | 0.14 |
| 1897 | 36 | #490 | 0.15 |
| 1896 | 34 | #513 | 0.14 |
| 1895 | 36 | #492 | 0.15 |
| 1894 | 40 | #445 | 0.18 |
| 1893 | 22 | #627 | 0.10 |
| 1892 | 19 | #683 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 23 | #558 | 0.12 |
| 1890 | 16 | #692 | 0.08 |
| 1889 | 12 | #799 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 9 | #956 | 0.05 |
| 1887 | 12 | #690 | 0.08 |
| 1886 | 14 | #631 | 0.10 |
| 1885 | 14 | #605 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 20 | #462 | 0.16 |
| 1883 | 10 | #649 | 0.09 |
| 1882 | 9 | #674 | 0.08 |
| 1880 | 7 | #734 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Viva a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Viva has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 126 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Viva: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Viva, and how old are they?
An estimated 896 Americans named Viva and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (25% of everyone recorded); the median is 59 years old and half are between 19 and 78. An estimate from SSA’s births and life tables, not a count.
The 2020 Census counted 1,075 people named Viva (1,059 women and girls, 16 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,016 born in the U.S. The Census count is 6% above that prediction.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Viva born?
The states with the most babies named Viva are Arkansas, Texas and Tennessee, with 42% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Arkansas and Tennessee are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 120 | not ranked | 2.5× |
| Texas | 83 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Tennessee | 78 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Oklahoma | 73 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Missouri | 65 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Iowa | 51 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Alabama | 44 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 34 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Ohio | 25 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| California | 15 | #3,498 | 0.1× |
Where Viva is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Viva is most over-represented in Arkansas: since 1910 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Viva with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 7,084 babies since 1880, Viva is the most given (51% of them). In 2025 it was given to 22 of their 210 babies (10%), the third most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Viva
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Viva and names like it
- Compare Viva and ViBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sViva peaked in 1921.
- Arkansas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Viva since 1910.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Viva.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Viva alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.