Vi
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Vi is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “violet”. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).
What does Vi mean?
Latin: short form of Violet or Victoria; also a Vietnamese name
“violet”
Usually a short form of Violet, from the Latin viola; Vi is also a Vietnamese given name.
- Say it
- VY
Is Vi a girl's or a boy's name?
Vi is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vi in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #13,203among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 270,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Vi, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1982, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.
2025 had fewer girls named Vi than any year since 1977.
Half of all the girls named Vi in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1998, 84% of the babies named Vi in the US were girls.
Vi in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,203 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #9,607 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 15 | #7,865 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,484 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,531 |
| 2002 | 19 | #5,892 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 21 | #5,307 |
| 1999 | 25 | #4,440 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 21 | #4,679 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,644 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 28 | #3,560 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 27 | #3,328 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 28 | #3,068 |
| 1983 | 28 | #2,974 |
| 1982 | 31 | #2,900 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 11 | #4,018 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 8 | #3,386 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,572 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 5 | #4,415 |
Names like Vi
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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