girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Vivienne

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #172 Trend ↑ Rising 39%
Rank 2025
#172
among girls · ↑12 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
1,786
named Vivienne · +9% vs 2024
How common
1 in 900
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
1,786 babies
All-time total
23,921
#944 all-time among girls
First recorded
1895
in Social Security records

Vivienne popularity over time

23,921 babies have been named Vivienne since 1895, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.380.751.131.518801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s 30 3 – #1,169
1900s 92 9 +207% #1,226
1910s 677 68 +636% #666
1920s 669 67 -1% #745
1930s 306 31 -54% #915
1940s 312 31 +2% #1,354
1950s 298 30 -4% #1,793
1960s 206 21 -31% #2,069
1970s 113 11 -45% #3,649
1980s 110 11 -3% #4,881
1990s 298 30 +171% #2,282
2000s 1,569 157 +427% #531
2010s 11,274 1,127 +619% #233
2020s (to 2025) 7,967 1,328 +18% #172

Where Vivienne is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 1,889 1.18 #157
2027 1,981 1.23 #148
2028 2,062 1.28 #144
2029 2,134 1.33 #136
2030 2,198 1.37 #131

Where Vivienne is most popular

Girls named Vivienne per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.838 per 1,000. Strongest in District of Columbia, Rhode Island, and Maine.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Vivienne born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
District of Columbia 41 3.46 +313%
Rhode Island 40 3.19 +281%
Maine 44 2.84 +240%
Massachusetts 307 2.54 +203%
New Hampshire 46 2.49 +197%
Vermont 12 2.48 +196%
Hawaii 23 2.01 +140%
Connecticut 94 1.62 +93%
Montana 21 1.55 +85%
Kansas 88 1.53 +82%
Minnesota 159 1.47 +76%
Missouri 177 1.47 +75%
Michigan 251 1.38 +65%
Illinois 315 1.38 +64%
Louisiana 120 1.37 +64%
Pennsylvania 324 1.37 +64%
Iowa 78 1.33 +59%
Ohio 312 1.32 +57%
Nebraska 45 1.25 +49%
Indiana 175 1.25 +49%
Wisconsin 127 1.23 +47%
Washington 174 1.20 +44%
Colorado 130 1.16 +39%
New Jersey 203 1.12 +34%
New York 418 1.06 +26%
South Dakota 15 1.05 +25%
Oklahoma 77 1.05 +25%
Utah 85 1.02 +22%
Nevada 46 0.990 +18%
Arizona 136 0.969 +16%
Oregon 63 0.968 +16%
Kentucky 82 0.959 +14%
Idaho 32 0.956 +14%
Virginia 162 0.950 +13%
Arkansas 45 0.851 ≈ national
Maryland 88 0.830 ≈ national
Tennessee 126 0.795 -5%
California 668 0.795 -5%
North Carolina 175 0.769 -8%
West Virginia 20 0.763 -9%
North Dakota 10 0.761 -9%
South Carolina 63 0.701 -16%
Georgia 158 0.695 -17%
Alabama 65 0.692 -17%
Texas 554 0.689 -18%
Mississippi 31 0.663 -21%
New Mexico 15 0.617 -26%
Florida 257 0.601 -28%
Delaware 6 0.529 -37%
Alaska – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Vivienne

Vivienne is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #172 in 2025 with 1,786 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1895, 23,921 American babies have been named Vivienne. Its peak came in 2025, when 1,786 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Vivienne stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Vivienne?

The median living Vivienne is about 8 years old; half are between 3 and 12. An estimated 22 thousand people named Vivienne are alive in the United States today.

median 8 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Vivienne year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 1,786 #172
2024 1,636 #184
2023 1,291 #233
2022 1,051 #306
2021 1,032 #315
2020 1,171 #261
2019 1,096 #300
2018 1,229 #270
2017 1,266 #252
2016 1,281 #246
2015 1,430 #233
2014 1,297 #249
2013 1,131 #282
2012 989 #322
2011 825 #383
2010 730 #428
2009 570 #531
2008 230 #1,125
2007 152 #1,525
2006 111 #1,845
2005 120 #1,667
2004 94 #1,988
2003 109 #1,741
2002 70 #2,328
2001 63 #2,486
2000 50 #2,902
1995 26 #4,096
1990 23 #4,378
1985 9 #7,540
1980 6 #10,361
1975 11 #5,509
1970 16 #3,866
1965 25 #2,463
1960 27 #2,305
1955 31 #1,939
1950 29 #1,793
1945 23 #1,794
1940 11 #2,728
1935 24 #1,547
1930 64 #915
1925 52 #1,063
1920 95 #745
1915 88 #717
1910 16 #1,168
1905 9 #1,416
1900 10 #1,316
1895 5 #1,804
1890 – –
1885 – –
1880 – –

Famous people named Vivienne

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Vivienne Westwood Vivienne Westwood British fashion designer (1941–2022) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Vivienne, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Vivienne?

The median living Vivienne is about 8 years old. Half of all living Viviennes are between 3 and 12 years old.

How many people named Vivienne are alive today?

An estimated 22 thousand people named Vivienne are alive in the United States, based on 23,921 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Vivienne in 2025?

Vivienne ranked #172 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 1,786 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Vivienne?

23,921 babies have been named Vivienne in the United States since 1895, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Vivienne most popular?

Vivienne peaked in 2025, when 1,786 newborns received the name.

Is Vivienne a boy or girl name?

Vivienne is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Vivienne rising or falling?

Vivienne is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Vivienne become more popular?

Vivienne is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 2,198 girls named Vivienne in 2030, which would rank around #131. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Vivienne?

Well-known people named Vivienne include Vivienne Westwood (fashion designer).

Names like Vivienne

Names that sound and feel close to Vivienne: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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