How rare is the name Vivien?

5,997 people in the United States have the first name Vivien, about 1 in 50,364. It ranks #3,462 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

VIVIEN

#3,462

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,997
About
1 in 50,364
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 5,997 people named Vivien, 58.9% reported their origin as White, 20.2% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 10.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 98.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vivien peaked in 2014, when 248 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18852025
Peak year
2014
Births that year
248
In 2025*
108 ▼56%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 7,429 babies have been given the name since 1885. 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.

Vivien by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,508. The largest share of babies named Vivien, 31.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1880s#3,1215
1890s#1,73686
1900s#1,817111
1910s#1,548513
1920s#1,508789
1930s#2,269344
1940s#1,802636
1950s#2,958341
1960s#4,375199
1970s#7,560116
1980s#9,266113
1990s#5,381356
2000s#3,487937
2010s#2,1372,098
2020s#2,964785
Before 19011.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2717%
Silent Generation 1928–4512.5%
Baby boom 1946–648.9%
Generation X 1965–802.6%
Millennials 1981–964.5%
Generation Z 1997–1222%
2013 and later31.1%

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 Vivien is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Vivien has been most common in New York (2.4×), California (2.1×), and Washington (1.5×), and least common in North Carolina (0.32×).

3,553 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.

Exactly as common as Vivien

1 other first name also has 5,997 people.

#3,462 Anneliese · 5,997

Either side of Vivien

#3,461 Ismail · 6,001#3,462 Anneliese · 5,997#3,464 Destini · 5,993#3,464 Luigi · 5,993

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vivien, most common first.

#436 Vivian · 129,224#25,229 Viviene · 377#41,955 Vivin · 173#52,287 Viven · 108

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