Vivien
Vivien is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 118 births. Its best rank was 515th, in 1911.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1180.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2014248 births
- Best rank
- #515in 1911
- Since 1885
- 7,293people given the name
The story in the numbers
7,293 girls have been named Vivien in the United States since 1885, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2014, with 248 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2001, and the 2010s alone account for 29%. It has spent 24 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Vivien | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | |
| 1890s | 86 | |
| 1900s | 111 | |
| 1910s | 508 | |
| 1920s | 768 | |
| 1930s | 344 | |
| 1940s | 636 | |
| 1950s | 341 | |
| 1960s | 199 | |
| 1970s | 116 | |
| 1980s | 113 | |
| 1990s | 356 | |
| 2000s | 937 | |
| 2010s | 2,098 | |
| 2020s | 675 |
In 2014, its biggest year
Vivien was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2014 were Emma, Olivia, Sophia, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2014.
Names that rose and fell with Vivien
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Naomipeak 2024
- Isobelpeak 2016
- Maryanpeak 2013
- Ellenapeak 2013
- Evaleepeak 2017
- Evelynnepeak 2018
- Clairepeak 2016
- Roselynpeak 2018
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.