first name
VIVIAN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 129,224 people named Vivian, 50% reported their origin as White, 18.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 15% as Black. 99.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Vivian peaked in 1920, when 4,200 babies got the name.
At least 230,755 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Vivian by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1910s, when it ranked #124. The largest share of babies named Vivian, 25.7%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Vivian is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Vivian has been most common in North Dakota (1.7×), South Dakota (1.5×), and South Carolina (1.5×), and least common in Alaska (0.51×).
218,837 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Vivian
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vivian, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Vivian ranks #12,104 of 156,621, with 2,458 people. See Vivian as a last name
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