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How popular is the name Vivien?
Births per year, rank history and how many Viviens are alive today.
Vivien (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Vivienne in England and Wales, ranked 1454th in 2025 and given to 21 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2014, when 38 babies were given the name, the 963rd most popular that year.
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 Vivien each year?
Includes all spellings: Vivien, Vivian, Vivienne. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Vivien spelling rank?
Where does the Vivian 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 Vivien 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 Vivien spelling itself peaked in 2014, with 38 babies.
How many people are called Vivien?
At least 13,000 people named Vivien in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Vivien?
Most living Viviens are between 38 and 75; the most common age is about 79. There is a second cluster around 11.
Is Vivien becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.