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Viana

Gender
Girl
Say it
vee-AN-uh
Origin
Modern
UK rank, 2025
#3,409 for girls
US rank, 2025
#3,974 for girls

Viana is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 3,974th for girls in the US (36 babies).

Where does Viana come from?

Modern: spelling of Vianna; probably a blend of Vi- and Anna, or a variant of Vienna

Meaning borrowed from Vianna.

Is Viana a girl's or a boy's name?

Viana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 36 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Viana in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,409th among girls
Babies in 2025
7 about 1 in 40,000 girls
Five-year trend
Rising fast up 100% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Viana, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 9 girls.

Half of all the girls named Viana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 16 girls in the UK were given Viana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,607, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.

2008Busiest: 9 in 20212025
Viana in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20257#3,409
20247#3,381
20238#3,098
20227#3,347
20219#2,846
20205#4,110
20190–
20186#3,702
20171#7,682
20160–
20150–
20143#5,920
20134#4,953
20120–
20113#6,007
20100–
20090–
20084#4,742

How popular is Viana in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,974th among girls
Babies in 2025
36 about 1 in 45,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 16% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 36 girls in the US were named Viana, making it the 3,974th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,451st. Its busiest year was 2021, with 41 girls. It first appears in the records in 1916.

Half of all the girls named Viana in the US since 1880 were born between 2003 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 91 girls in the US were given Viana or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,814, up from #3,974 for this spelling alone.

1916Busiest: 41 in 20212025
Viana in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202536#3,974
202433#4,293
202331#4,451
202239#3,825
202141#3,677
202030#4,451
201929#4,652
201827#4,886
201731#4,475
201626#5,129
201530#4,583
201433#4,348
201325#5,315
201218#6,868
201127#5,061
201031#4,607
200932#4,570
200820#6,556
200720#6,548
200617#7,140
200510#10,123
200423#5,373
200318#6,294
200210#9,476
200115#6,951
200016#6,481
199915#6,478
19989#9,254
199713#6,839
19969#8,807
19950–
19946#11,771
199316#5,667
19926#11,730
19916#11,501
199010#7,874
19897#9,675
19887#9,239
19870–
19867#8,518
19857#8,315
19845#10,417
19830–
19820–
19810–
19800–
19790–
19785#9,748
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19660–
19650–
19640–
19636#5,890
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19565#5,951
19557#4,739
19540–
19535#5,672
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19450–
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19360–
19350–
19340–
19330–
19325#4,409
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19230–
19220–
19210–
19200–
19190–
19180–
19170–
19166#3,917

Nicknames for Viana

Names like Viana

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Other spellings of Viana

Names related to Viana

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Viana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/viana, updated 20 October 2026.