Girls' name · since 1924
Vivyan
Vivyan has 122 recorded births since 1924 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,981 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,353 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 122
- born since 1924
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Vivyan is the #13353 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 122 recorded since 1924.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vivyan has been recorded 122 times among girls since 1924, currently ranked #13353 nationally and more common than 23% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1924 to 2025.
- #24,981 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,353 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 122 born since 1924
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vivyan ranks #24,981 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,353 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 122 born since 1924, peaking in the 2010s.
- #24,981 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,353 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 122
- born since 1924
- 2010s
- peak decade
Vivyan's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Vivyan compares
122 28th percentile among 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
Vivyan's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vivyan | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 122 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Vivyan's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vivyan's full recorded timeline at 2013, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1924, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vivyan popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1924–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 102 years of records
Vivyan by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (54 births, 44% of the file).
2010s was Vivyan's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Vivyan births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
39 births
- 2010s
2010s
54 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 54 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Vivyan's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (54 total births) through the 2020s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Vivyan: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~101 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, 1924–2025 (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 Vivyan 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.