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How popular is the name Vivian?
Births per year, rank history and how many Vivians are alive today.
Vivian (female) is an uncommon spelling of the girls' name Vivienne in England and Wales, ranked 834th in 2025 with 43 babies given the name. It was almost as popular in 2015, with 40 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
Across all spellings of the name, the Vivienne you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old - or else around 11: the name has two living generations. Half of all Viviennes born in England and Wales are between 38 and 75, and there are at least 13,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 4% chance that at least one of them will be called Vivienne.
How many babies are named Vivian each year?
Includes all spellings: Vivian, Vivien, Vivienne. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Vivian spelling rank?
Where does the Vivien spelling rank?
Where does the Vivienne spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Vivian most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Vivienne, peaked in 1944, when around 360 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Vivian spelling itself peaked in 2025, with 43 babies.
How many people are called Vivian?
At least 13,000 people named Vivian in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Vivian?
Most living Vivians are between 38 and 75; the most common age is about 79. There is a second cluster around 11.
Is Vivian becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.