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Vivian

Pronounced /ˈvɪvi.ən/

Rank in 2024
#77
Born in 2024
3,088
Peak year
1920 · #64
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024

1880 to 2024

Steady
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 3,088 girls were named Vivian, about 1 in every 522.
  • It peaked in 1920 with 4,128 babies, ranked #64.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 224,797 girls have been named Vivian since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Vivian per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 2.8
    Greatest
  2. 2.1
    Silent
  3. 1.2
    Boomers
  4. 0.4
    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
  6. 0.8
    Gen Z
  7. 1.7
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 58,230 babies, 2.85 per 1,000. Silent: 42,598 babies, 2.06 per 1,000. Boomers: 42,131 babies, 1.18 per 1,000. Gen X: 10,504 babies, 0.41 per 1,000. Millennials: 9,671 babies, 0.34 per 1,000. Gen Z: 23,850 babies, 0.82 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 34,966 babies, 1.72 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Early saints' name from Latin Vīviānus, and of its feminine form Vīviāna, probably from vīvus (“alive”).

  • A male given name from Latin.
  • A female given name from Latin.
Origin
Latin
Say it
/ˈvɪvi.ən/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Vivian, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Vivien

    Rank
    #1,712
    Born '24
    118
    Origin
    Latin
    1880peak 20142024