Viva
Girl · VEE-vuh · Latin
Viva is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “alive, living”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Viva mean?
Latin: Latin and Italian word
“alive, living”
From the Latin and Italian word for alive, familiar from the exclamation viva!, 'long live!'.
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- VEE-vuh
Is Viva a girl's or a boy's name?
Viva is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Viva in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Viva, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Viva in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,915 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,864 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 2 | #7,579 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Viva in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,553among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 72% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Viva, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 11,085th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 103 girls.
2025 had more girls named Viva than any year since 1971.
Half of all the girls named Viva in the US since 1880 were born between 1913 and 1941, the years shaded on the chart below.
Viva in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 20 | #5,959 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 11 | #9,408 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 18 | #6,725 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,311 |
| 1978 | 9 | #6,384 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 10 | #5,514 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,786 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,938 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 26 | #2,431 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 11 | #3,958 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 15 | #3,378 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,008 |
| 1960 | 19 | #2,819 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 23 | #2,320 |
| 1955 | 27 | #2,062 |
| 1954 | 16 | #2,778 |
| 1953 | 16 | #2,698 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 17 | #2,473 |
| 1950 | 17 | #2,435 |
| 1949 | 18 | #2,339 |
| 1948 | 24 | #1,952 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,945 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,023 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,587 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,095 |
| 1943 | 24 | #1,750 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,558 |
| 1941 | 39 | #1,206 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,150 |
| 1939 | 42 | #1,102 |
| 1938 | 26 | #1,475 |
| 1937 | 42 | #1,099 |
| 1936 | 41 | #1,096 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,307 |
| 1934 | 46 | #1,019 |
| 1933 | 45 | #1,038 |
| 1932 | 41 | #1,116 |
| 1931 | 45 | #1,043 |
| 1930 | 62 | #926 |
| 1929 | 43 | #1,119 |
| 1928 | 64 | #924 |
| 1927 | 64 | #935 |
| 1926 | 66 | #921 |
| 1925 | 70 | #885 |
| 1924 | 74 | #868 |
| 1923 | 85 | #791 |
| 1922 | 77 | #835 |
| 1921 | 103 | #722 |
| 1920 | 76 | #825 |
| 1919 | 92 | #728 |
| 1918 | 89 | #755 |
| 1917 | 96 | #703 |
| 1916 | 96 | #700 |
| 1915 | 81 | #738 |
| 1914 | 65 | #714 |
| 1913 | 69 | #624 |
| 1912 | 53 | #689 |
| 1911 | 46 | #634 |
| 1910 | 35 | #710 |
| 1909 | 30 | #731 |
| 1908 | 36 | #639 |
| 1907 | 40 | #580 |
| 1906 | 38 | #570 |
| 1905 | 39 | #556 |
| 1904 | 43 | #500 |
| 1903 | 30 | #596 |
| 1902 | 34 | #559 |
| 1901 | 28 | #591 |
| 1900 | 35 | #589 |
| 1899 | 38 | #476 |
| 1898 | 37 | #510 |
| 1897 | 36 | #477 |
| 1896 | 34 | #504 |
| 1895 | 36 | #488 |
| 1894 | 40 | #442 |
| 1893 | 22 | #614 |
| 1892 | 19 | #666 |
| 1891 | 23 | #541 |
| 1890 | 16 | #667 |
| 1889 | 12 | #757 |
| 1888 | 9 | #894 |
| 1887 | 12 | #661 |
| 1886 | 14 | #606 |
| 1885 | 14 | #576 |
| 1884 | 20 | #449 |
| 1883 | 10 | #615 |
| 1882 | 9 | #634 |
| 1881 | 0 | – |
| 1880 | 7 | #679 |
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