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Vivienne

Gender
Girl
Say it
viv-ee-EN
Origin
Latin
UK rank, 2025
#415 for girls
US rank, 2025
#172 for girls

Vivienne is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “alive, lively”. In 2025 it ranked 415th for girls in the UK (111 babies) and 172nd for girls in the US (1,786 babies).

What does Vivienne mean?

Latin: French feminine form of Vivien

“alive, lively”

The French feminine form of Vivien, from Latin vivus, alive; the designer Vivienne Westwood was a famous bearer.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Vivienne is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 111 girls in the UK and 1,786 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Vivienne in the UK?

Rank in 2025
415th among girls
Babies in 2025
111 about 1 in 2,500 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 2% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 111 girls in the UK were named Vivienne, making it the 415th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 410th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 134 girls.

Half of all the girls named Vivienne in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 403rd in England and Wales and 324th in Scotland.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1944 (#93).

1996Busiest: 134 in 20162025
Vivienne in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025111#415
2024114#416
2023125#379
2022102#462
2021111#437
2020117#410
2019133#365
201892#512
2017102#476
2016134#378
2015117#430
2014120#410
2013107#435
201281#575
201177#581
201058#696
200951#770
200825#1,258
200714#1,874
200620#1,364
200518#1,382
200415#1,561
200311#1,831
200211#1,755
20019#1,974
200012#1,593
199916#1,298
199812#1,585
199713#1,466
199615#1,309

How popular is Vivienne in the US?

Rank in 2025
172nd among girls
Babies in 2025
1,786 about 1 in 900 girls
Five-year trend
Rising up 35% in five years
Same name in a class
1.5% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 1,786 girls in the US were named Vivienne, making it the 172nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 261st. It first appears in the records in 1895.

It has been given to more girls each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most girls named Vivienne of any year since it first appeared, in 1895.

Half of all the girls named Vivienne in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1895Busiest: 1,786 in 20252025
Vivienne in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20251,786#172
20241,636#184
20231,291#233
20221,051#306
20211,032#315
20201,171#261
20191,096#300
20181,229#269
20171,266#251
20161,281#246
20151,430#233
20141,297#249
20131,131#282
2012989#322
2011825#383
2010730#428
2009570#531
2008230#1,123
2007152#1,517
2006111#1,833
2005120#1,656
200494#1,971
2003109#1,732
200270#2,307
200163#2,457
200050#2,850
199966#2,255
199836#3,350
199733#3,445
199623#4,448
199526#3,964
199432#3,443
199319#4,992
199220#4,842
199120#4,802
199023#4,225
198916#5,280
19889#7,686
198716#4,853
198611#6,153
19859#6,952
19846#9,139
198315#4,685
198212#5,532
198110#6,321
19806#9,093
197913#5,091
197810#5,957
19777#7,565
197610#5,599
197511#5,159
19749#5,775
197310#5,189
19729#5,479
197118#3,507
197016#3,711
196911#4,417
19688#5,146
196718#2,963
196611#3,958
196525#2,410
196427#2,347
196322#2,618
196224#2,462
196133#2,035
196027#2,245
195933#1,950
195832#1,938
195737#1,783
195630#1,967
195531#1,906
195427#2,026
195327#1,972
195228#1,891
195124#2,015
195029#1,763
194932#1,665
194835#1,575
194737#1,544
194639#1,393
194523#1,742
194431#1,454
194337#1,341
194234#1,387
194133#1,335
194011#2,571
193920#1,731
193824#1,547
193710#2,734
193612#2,385
193524#1,514
193426#1,440
193336#1,179
193246#1,043
193144#1,060
193064#909
192954#981
192849#1,069
192764#935
192667#911
192552#1,050
192465#941
192367#896
192274#852
192182#809
192095#739
191993#724
1918110#685
191795#708
191681#761
191588#713
191473#681
191345#782
191233#868
191143#659
191016#1,110
190911#1,290
190812#1,203
190711#1,206
190611#1,154
19059#1,297
19048#1,363
19038#1,318
19027#1,438
19015#1,678
190010#1,230
18990–
189810#1,098
18976#1,384
18969#1,122
18955#1,592

Nicknames for Vivienne

Names like Vivienne

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

Annabelle, Clementine, Penelope, Aurora, Ivy-Rose, Emilia, Elodie, Isabelle, Celine, Violet, Phoebe, Juliette

Names related to Vivienne

Vivian, Vivien, Viviana, Vivianna, Vivianne, Viviane, Viviann

More Latin names

Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony

Every Latin name

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