Vivienne

What Vivienne means

Variant of Vivian, possibly meaning “alive”

variant of Vivian || Early saints' name from Latin Vīviānus, and of its feminine form Vīviāna, probably from vīvus (“alive”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Vivienne” (revision 83830514) and “Vivian” (revision 94635102), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Vivienne?

US: Rising: up from #233 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #428 in 2015, #403 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,786 girls got the name (#172 that year). First in the US records in 1895.

How common

• About 1 in 900 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 2,508 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,789 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (5.45 per 1,000 girls), VT (5.13 per 1,000 girls), RI (4.49 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Vivienne is #172 in the US and #403 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Vivienne were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Vivien108 US · 21 E&W
• Vivianne114 US · 5 E&W
• Viviann35 US
• Viviane23 US
• Vivenna11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Vivienne

Girls

• Lucille#237Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 7,989 babies; 1,314 in 2025
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*
• Clara#63“bright, shining, clear”^*
• Camilla#361Editor’s note Up from #374 in 2015 to #361 in 2025 in the US
• Lucy#24“light”^*
• Stella#52“star”^*

For a brother

• Atticus#281“the Attic, the Athenian, a cognomen”^*
• Titus#358“honorable”^*
• Lucas#10Editor’s note Up from #16 in 2015 to #10 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 170 US boys in the 2025 records
• Bennett#40Form of Benedict, meaning “blessed, well spoken of”^*
• Roman#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #102 in 2015, #42 in 2025
• Lucian#462Editor’s note Up from #633 in 2015 to #462 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Vivienne’s. Rank is US 2025.