Vi
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · Last seen for boys in 1998 at #9,631
Given to girls 88.5% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1982 · 31 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 962since 1916
Vi over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | — | |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | — | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 | — | |
| 2020 | #8,406 | 12 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | — | |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 | — | |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | — | |
| 2014 | #10,129 | 10 | — | |
| 2013 | #9,612 | 11 | — | |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | — | |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 | — | |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | — | |
| 2007 | #7,733 | 16 | — | |
| 2006 | #7,868 | 15 | — | |
| 2005 | #5,999 | 20 | — | |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | — | |
| 2003 | #4,536 | 28 | — | |
| 2002 | #5,897 | 19 | — | |
| 2001 | #5,364 | 21 | — | |
| 2000 | #5,312 | 21 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,445 | 25 | — | |
| 1998 | #4,238 | 26 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #5,958 | 15 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #4,687 | 21 | #8,800 | 5 |
| 1993 | #4,393 | 23 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #4,686 | 21 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #3,566 | 28 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #3,331 | 27 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 | #4,457 | 9 |
| 1985 | #3,419 | 25 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | #3,069 | 28 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,975 | 28 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,901 | 31 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #4,532 | 16 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 | #4,495 | 8 |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | — | |
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| 1963 | #4,019 | 11 | — | |
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,309 | 7 | — | |
| 1960 | #6,390 | 5 | — | |
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,489 | 12 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | — | |
| 1955 | — | — | ||
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| 1953 | #5,040 | 6 | — | |
| 1952 | #4,483 | 7 | — | |
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| 1945 | #3,388 | 8 | — | |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | — | |
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| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
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| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
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| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | — | |
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| 1916 | #4,417 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Vi! It came in at #4,417, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1944, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Vi is popular in 1989
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- California#2,014 · 1 in 27,110
Best ever in a state: #1,149 in California, 1982.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | #2,014 | 9 | 1 in 27,110 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
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| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Vi
- 3,652 spots since 2024 (#9,556 → #13,208)
- 4,802 spots since 2020 (#8,406 → #13,208)
- 3,727 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #13,208)
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1982 at #2,901 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1995, 13 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 54,623 girls born in 1982 were named Vi (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 267,878 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.1% of all girls named Vi (251) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,417 (1916) | #4,417 |
| 1920s | 10 | #4,805 (1927) | #4,907 |
| 1930s | 5 | #4,286 (1934) | #4,286 |
| 1940s | 13 | #3,388 (1945) | #3,981 |
| 1950s | 44 | #3,489 (1957) | #4,855 |
| 1960s | 30 | #4,019 (1963) | #5,253 |
| 1970s | 26 | #4,420 (1979) | #5,189 |
| 1980s | 251 | #2,901 (1982) | #3,516 |
| 1990s | 219 | #3,723 (1996) | #4,689 |
| 2000s | 190 | #4,536 (2003) | #6,462 |
| 2010s | 107 | #8,146 (2018) | #9,823 |
| 2020s | 62 | #7,640 (2023) | #9,751 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Vi in 1989
Top girls' names in 1989
Top boys' names in 1989
More about 1989
girls
1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 65,841 of them was named Vi, which outranked 75.5% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,477Tiphanie29
- #3,477Tyla29
- #3,477Tyneshia29
- #3,566Vi28
- #3,566Adrina28
- #3,566Aissa28
- #3,566Alexanderia28
- #3,673Aisling27
- #3,673Aleta27
- #3,673Alexys27
Tied with 106 names at #3,566; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 250,116 of them was named Vi, which outranked 39.2% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).