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Vivian

Pronounced /ˈvɪvi.ən/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1919 · #753
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:3,088 in 2024 (#77)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No boys were recorded as Vivian in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1919 with 73 babies, ranked #753.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 2,578 boys 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.

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Greatest: 1,112 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Silent: 608 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 361 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 95 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Millennials: 110 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 37 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 31 babies, 0.00 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

    Vivaan

    Rank
    #1,847
    Born '24
    87
    Origin
    Sanskrit
    1880peak 20152024