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Vivien

Gender
Girl
Say it
VIV-ee-en
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#1,512 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,844 for girls

Vivien is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “alive, lively”. In 2025 it ranked 1,512th for girls in the UK (21 babies) and 1,844th for girls in the US (108 babies).

What does Vivien mean?

Latin: French form of Vivianus

“alive, lively”

The actress Vivien Leigh played Scarlett O'Hara in the 1939 film Gone with the Wind.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Vivien is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the UK and 108 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Vivien in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,512among girls
Babies in 2025
21about 1 in 13,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 18% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were named Vivien, making it the 1,512th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 41 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Vivien than any year since 2020.

Half of all the girls named Vivien in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

In 2025, 64 girls in the UK were given Vivien or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #604, up from #1,512 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,454th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 41 in 20142025
Vivien in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202521#1,512
202423#1,449
202330#1,178
202226#1,325
202133#1,109
202020#1,587
201935#1,058
201835#1,073
201738#1,027
201625#1,410
201533#1,132
201441#971
201326#1,365
201224#1,430
201136#1,039
201031#1,136
200923#1,360
200825#1,258
200710#2,354
200615#1,681
200510#2,206
200417#1,399
20035#3,233
20025#3,047
200111#1,723
200017#1,230
199911#1,653
19986#2,535
199711#1,664
199615#1,309

How popular is Vivien in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,844among girls
Babies in 2025
108about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 38% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 108 girls in the US were named Vivien, making it the 1,844th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,327th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 248 girls. It first appears in the records in 1885.

2025 had fewer girls named Vivien than any year since 2008.

Half of all the girls named Vivien in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 3,511 girls in the US were given Vivien or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #84, up from #1,844 for this spelling alone.

1885Busiest: 248 in 20142025
Vivien in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025108#1,844
2024119#1,708
2023118#1,736
2022118#1,754
2021156#1,398
2020166#1,327
2019193#1,209
2018198#1,199
2017219#1,131
2016221#1,143
2015241#1,085
2014248#1,050
2013204#1,178
2012190#1,264
2011175#1,329
2010209#1,160
2009151#1,509
2008100#2,054
2007104#1,971
2006113#1,809
2005100#1,923
200491#2,018
200396#1,895
200265#2,444
200157#2,631
200060#2,504
199946#2,893
199842#3,012
199737#3,158
199649#2,554
199531#3,487
199434#3,297
199335#3,216
199226#3,962
199133#3,295
199023#4,225
198912#6,525
198812#6,272
198718#4,471
19869#7,130
19859#6,952
198410#6,290
19838#7,310
198215#4,714
198111#5,884
19809#6,788
197920#3,776
19788#6,946
197715#4,424
19768#6,609
197515#4,139
197410#5,359
19738#6,078
197210#5,108
197110#5,134
197012#4,491
196912#4,197
19689#4,778
196722#2,632
196614#3,399
196511#3,951
196422#2,674
196320#2,779
196224#2,462
196131#2,116
196034#1,952
195925#2,288
195830#2,024
195738#1,753
195622#2,388
195525#2,155
195432#1,835
195335#1,670
195247#1,419
195147#1,361
195040#1,451
194933#1,626
194850#1,297
194750#1,289
194657#1,120
194548#1,130
194446#1,152
194350#1,142
194261#997
194193#735
1940148#572
193952#981
193821#1,703
193728#1,389
193628#1,375
193530#1,331
193430#1,317
193331#1,289
193234#1,237
193133#1,258
193057#971
192958#941
192880#800
192787#776
192681#804
192589#784
1924110#708
192379#825
192272#864
192158#969
192054#1,005
191957#933
191859#930
191748#1,013
191647#1,005
191553#900
191440#932
191338#852
191274#560
191166#511
191026#845
19098#1,607
190810#1,357
190721#819
190610#1,229
190512#1,093
190410#1,170
19036#1,592
19027#1,438
190112#961
190015#970
18998#1,180
189812#1,009
18978#1,167
18969#1,122
189512#932
189418#697
18938#1,091
18925#1,450
18910–
18906#1,209
18890–
18880–
18870–
18860–
18855#1,047

Nicknames for Vivien

Names like Vivien

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

Violet Evelyn Annabelle Aurora Emilia Clementine Aurelia Beatrice Isabelle Alba Lillian Luna

Other spellings of Vivien

Vivian Viviann Vivyan

Names related to Vivien

Vivienne Viviana Vivianna Vivianne Viviane Vivan

More Latin names

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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, “Vivien: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vivien, updated 20 October 2026.