Vivien
Vivien was given to 108 girls in 2025, #1,854 among girls’ names; 7,429 Americans have been recorded with it since 1885 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 5,220 Americans named Vivien and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (70% of everyone recorded); the median is 15 years old and half are between 9 and 30.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vivien by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vivien mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Vivien is “a female given name from Latin, an exclusively feminine spelling variant of Vivian.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vivien?
#1,854 among girls’ names, 2025
Vivien fell from #1,087 in 2015 to #1,854 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.14 to 0.07 per 1,000.
248 babies in 2014, the peak
Vivien peaked in 2014, when 248 girls were given it, #1,051 among girls’ names. The 108 births of 2025 are 44% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 108 | #1,854 | 0.07 |
| 2024 | 119 | #1,718 | 0.07 |
| 2023 | 118 | #1,748 | 0.07 |
| 2022 | 118 | #1,761 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 156 | #1,404 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 166 | #1,333 | 0.10 |
| 2019 | 193 | #1,214 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 198 | #1,203 | 0.12 |
| 2017 | 219 | #1,137 | 0.13 |
| 2016 | 221 | #1,144 | 0.12 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 241 | #1,087 | 0.14 |
| 2014 | 248 | #1,051 | 0.14 |
| 2013 | 204 | #1,183 | 0.12 |
| 2012 | 190 | #1,268 | 0.11 |
| 2011 | 175 | #1,334 | 0.10 |
| 2010 | 209 | #1,164 | 0.12 |
| 2009 | 151 | #1,515 | 0.08 |
| 2008 | 100 | #2,061 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 104 | #1,986 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 113 | #1,824 | 0.06 |
| 2005 | 100 | #1,931 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 91 | #2,027 | 0.05 |
| 2003 | 96 | #1,912 | 0.05 |
| 2002 | 65 | #2,462 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 57 | #2,657 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 60 | #2,539 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,931 | 0.03 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,062 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 37 | #3,218 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 49 | #2,586 | 0.03 |
| 1995 | 31 | #3,577 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 34 | #3,364 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,283 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 26 | #4,077 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 33 | #3,359 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,372 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,940 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,653 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,654 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 9 | #7,735 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,536 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,795 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 8 | #8,027 | under 0.01 |
| 1982 | 15 | #4,937 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 11 | #6,310 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 9 | #7,394 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,901 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 8 | #7,628 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,645 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 8 | #7,277 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,360 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,765 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,648 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,468 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 10 | #5,530 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,751 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,412 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 9 | #5,140 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,704 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 14 | #3,552 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 11 | #4,193 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 22 | #2,748 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 20 | #2,862 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 24 | #2,536 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 31 | #2,147 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 34 | #1,978 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,336 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 30 | #2,068 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 38 | #1,782 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,448 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 25 | #2,219 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 32 | #1,872 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 35 | #1,704 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 47 | #1,428 | 0.03 |
| 1951 | 47 | #1,380 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 40 | #1,472 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,663 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 50 | #1,311 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 50 | #1,300 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 57 | #1,129 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 48 | #1,140 | 0.04 |
| 1944 | 46 | #1,173 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 50 | #1,152 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 61 | #1,005 | 0.05 |
| 1941 | 93 | #740 | 0.08 |
| 1940 | 148 | #574 | 0.13 |
| 1939 | 52 | #986 | 0.05 |
| 1938 | 21 | #1,749 | 0.02 |
| 1937 | 28 | #1,415 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,411 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 30 | #1,353 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 30 | #1,342 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 31 | #1,309 | 0.03 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,266 | 0.03 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,285 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 57 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 58 | #950 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 80 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 87 | #782 | 0.07 |
| 1926 | 81 | #813 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 89 | #785 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 110 | #713 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 79 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 72 | #865 | 0.06 |
| 1921 | 58 | #986 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 54 | #1,020 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 57 | #943 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 59 | #936 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 48 | #1,025 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 47 | #1,012 | 0.05 |
| 1915 | 53 | #916 | 0.05 |
| 1914 | 40 | #940 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 38 | #866 | 0.06 |
| 1912 | 74 | #562 | 0.13 |
| 1911 | 66 | #515 | 0.16 |
| 1910 | 26 | #857 | 0.07 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,754 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,437 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 21 | #838 | 0.07 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,319 | 0.03 |
| 1905 | 12 | #1,160 | 0.04 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,247 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 6 | #1,782 | 0.02 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,588 | 0.03 |
| 1901 | 12 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 15 | #1,006 | 0.05 |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,274 | 0.03 |
| 1898 | 12 | #1,045 | 0.05 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,258 | 0.03 |
| 1896 | 9 | #1,208 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 12 | #985 | 0.05 |
| 1894 | 18 | #718 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,171 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,659 | 0.02 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,335 | 0.03 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,195 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Vivien a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Vivien has been given almost only to girls: 26 boys in 136 years of records.
Girls and boys named Vivien: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vivien, and how old are they?
5,220 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 70% of the 7,429 Americans ever recorded as Vivien. The median Vivien alive today is 15 years old; half are between 9 and 30.
The 2020 Census counted 5,997 people named Vivien (5,906 women and girls, 91 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,752 born in the U.S. The Census count is 26% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 293 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 499 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 179 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 327 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,620 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,290 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
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 Vivien born?
The states with the most babies named Vivien are Pennsylvania, California and Illinois, with 48% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 11 | #868 | 0.7× |
| California | 9 | #2,269 | 1.1× |
| Illinois | 8 | #1,110 | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 8 | #1,124 | 0.6× |
| Texas | 7 | #2,903 | 0.6× |
| New York | 5 | #2,405 | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 5 | #1,402 | 0.4× |
| Florida | 5 | #2,466 | 0.4× |
Where Vivien is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vivien is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.3 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 Vivien 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 5 names spelled alike, given to 239,066 babies since 1880, Vivien is the second most given (3.1% of them). In 2025 it was given to 108 of their 3,516 babies (3.1%), again the second most given.
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.
More about Vivien and names like it
- Compare Vivien and VivianBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sVivien peaked in 2014.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vivien since 1910.
- The top names of 2014The year the most babies were named Vivien.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Vivien alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with VMost given first.