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How popular is the name Vivienne?
Births per year, rank history and how many Viviennes are alive today.
Vivienne (female), once a common girls' name, is now an uncommon choice for new babies in England and Wales, ranked 403rd in 2025 with 101 given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 1944, when around 360 babies were given the name, the 93rd most popular that year. It has declined since 1944; the 2025 figure is roughly 28% of its peak. Numbers have been stable in recent years. At least 11,000 babies have been named Vivienne in England and Wales since 1944. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Vivienne is one spelling of a name also recorded as Vivian and Vivien; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
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 Vivienne each year?
Includes all spellings: Vivienne, Vivian, Vivien. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Vivienne spelling rank?
Where does the Vivian spelling rank?
Where does the Vivien 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 Vivienne most popular?
Vivienne peaked in 1944, when around 360 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Vivienne?
At least 13,000 people named Vivienne in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Vivienne?
Most living Viviennes are between 38 and 75; the most common age is about 79. There is a second cluster around 11.
Is Vivienne becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1944 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.