Vivi
Girl name · #3219 in 2025 · Very rare
Vivi ranks #3219 among American girls' names as of 2025, with 49 newborns given the name that year. A decade ago it stood at #6036, so the name has been rising over the past ten years. Roughly one in every 36,735 girls born in 2025 was named Vivi.
The 79-year story
Vivi first appears in the Social Security records in 1946, when 6 girls received the name. Its all-time peak is essentially right now: 2025, with 49 babies and a rank of #3211. Names at their peak can keep climbing — or be one trend cycle from the long slide that eventually hits most popular names. Following the curve matters more than today's snapshot: a name's position on its rise-peak-decline arc is the best predictor of how common it will feel in a kindergarten class five years from now.
Babies named Vivi per year. Source: SSA.
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Uniqueness: will there be another Vivi in class?
On our rarity read — which blends how common Vivi is today with its five-year momentum — the name reads as "very rare". A high score means genuine rarity — your Vivi will likely be the only one in the room, with the occasional spelling-out as the price.
Where Vivi is most common
State-level data for Vivi is too sparse in 2025 to rank by rate — in most states its count falls below the SSA's per-state reporting threshold (counts under 5 are withheld).
Nicknames & related forms of Vivi
Vivi belongs to the Genevieve family — closely related nicknames and spellings of the same name.
Counted as one name, the Genevieve family went to about 3,181 girls in 2025 — together they'd rank around #76, versus #3219 for Vivi alone.
Names like Vivi
Statistically, parents drawn to Vivi tend to be choosing among names with similar popularity arcs, era profiles, and sounds — the closest matches in our model are Livi, Devi, Vani, Yumi, and Levi.
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Rank history (last 25 years)
| Year | Babies named Vivi | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #3211 |
| 2024 | 37 | #3963 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4746 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5638 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5748 |
| 2020 | 22 | #5487 |
| 2019 | 27 | #4909 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6248 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5821 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5985 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6036 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6987 |
| 2013 | 20 | #6255 |
| 2012 | 24 | #5557 |
| 2011 | 17 | #7118 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6382 |
| 2009 | 23 | #5891 |
| 2008 | 19 | #6799 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5895 |
| 2006 | 14 | #8237 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9452 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8259 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6885 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8280 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15352 |
Frequently asked questions
Is Vivi a popular girl name?
Vivi ranked #3219 among girls in 2025 with 49 babies given the name — outside the top 500, making it an uncommon pick. Ten years earlier it ranked #6036.
When was the name Vivi most popular?
Vivi peaked in 2025, when 49 American girls received the name (ranked #3211 that year). That peak is current — the name is at or near its all-time high right now.
How rare is the name Vivi?
In 2025, roughly 1 in 36,735 newborn American girls was named Vivi. On our rarity scale (rarity blended with momentum) we classify it as "very rare".
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration name statistics, 1880–2025, national and state files. Counts reflect Social Security card applications; names with fewer than 5 occurrences in a state-year are suppressed by the SSA.