Vivien — #1713 US girls' name
7,293 babies named Vivien in U.S. Social Security records since 1885, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 90% of names given to girls today.
29% of everyone ever named Vivien was born in this single decade.
248 babies were named Vivien in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vivien
The Social Security Administration has registered 7,293 babies named Vivien between 1885 and 2024, spanning 140 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vivien currently holds the #1713 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 248 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vivien performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 2,098 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Vivien shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 760 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Vivien in 32 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vivien 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 7,293 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.
Vivien at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Vivien popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1885
- Peak year (2014)
- 248
- Annual births at peak — across 140 years of records
Currently ranks #1713 among girls.
7,293 total births across 140 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 248 births in a single year.
Vivien popularity over time — boys
26 total births recorded since 1913 (Vivien as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Vivien accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Vivien by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 2,098 births that decade — 29% of Vivien's all-time total
Vivien decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,098 births
- Runner-up 937 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Vivien's strongest decade
2,098 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Vivien by state
Where Vivien concentrates geographically — total births since 1885
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 760 | 10.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 673 | 9.2% |
| #3 | Texas | | 335 | 4.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 253 | 3.5% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 247 | 3.4% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 182 | 2.5% |
| #7 | Massachusetts | | 107 | 1.5% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 102 | 1.4% |
760 of 7,293 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 32 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 10.4% of nationwide
- New York 9.2% of nationwide
- Texas 4.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 3.5% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 32 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Vivien appears in 32 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1885–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.