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

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Peak · girls
#2,901
1982 · 31 births
Debut · girls
1916
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
962
since 1916

Vi over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #2,901, 1982peak #3,601, 1981girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#13,2086—
2024#9,55610—
2023#7,64014—
2022#11,2318—
2021#8,46412—
2020#8,40612—
2019#11,3568—
2018#8,14613—
2017#11,6158—
2016#8,39313—
2015#9,48111—
2014#10,12910—
2013#9,61211—
2012#10,42910—
2011#8,61413—
2010#10,45110—
2009#7,67916—
2008#7,74216—
2007#7,73316—
2006#7,86815—
2005#5,99920—
2004#6,48918—
2003#4,53628—
2002#5,89719—
2001#5,36421—
2000#5,31221—
1999#4,44525—
1998#4,23826#9,6315
1997#5,41718—
1996#3,72329#7,1367
1995#5,95815#6,9927
1994#4,68721#8,8005
1993#4,39323#6,8167
1992#4,68621#5,23610
1991#4,65021#6,5197
1990#4,69420#6,4157
1989#3,56628#5,6158
1988#3,48327#4,45010
1987#3,33127#5,4597
1986#3,55424#4,4579
1985#3,41925#5,1477
1984#3,06928—
1983#2,97528—
1982#2,90131#3,96610
1981#4,53216#3,60111
1980#4,32717#4,4958
1979#4,42016—
1978#5,95810—
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First appearance
1916

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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,030 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 26,244 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Vi, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#2,030 · 1 in 26,244

Best ever in a state: #1,149 in California, 1982.

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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1982 at #2,901 (31 births)
  • Births halved by 1995, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 54,623
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 26.1% of all girls named Vi (251) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,417 (1916)#4,417
1920s10#4,805 (1927)#4,907
1930s5#4,286 (1934)#4,286
1940s13#3,388 (1945)#3,981
1950s44#3,489 (1957)#4,855
1960s30#4,019 (1963)#5,253
1970s26#4,420 (1979)#5,189
1980s251#2,901 (1982)#3,516
1990s219#3,723 (1996)#4,689
2000s190#4,536 (2003)#6,462
2010s107#8,146 (2018)#9,823
2020s62#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 1990

girls
#4,694
20 births · 1 in 94,927 girls
boys
#6,415
7 births · 1 in 293,434 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #4,694Vi20

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #6,415Vi7
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 94,927 of them was named Vi, which outranked 69.2% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vi
  1. #4,523Zahira21
  2. #4,523Zeinab21
  3. #4,523Zoya21
  4. #4,694Vi20
  5. #4,694Abbe20
  6. #4,694Abrianna20
  7. #4,694Adair20
  8. #4,868Abra19
  9. #4,868Abriana19
  10. #4,868Aigner19

Tied with 173 names at #4,694; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 293,434 of them was named Vi, which outranked 32.4% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vi
  1. #5,823Zeferino8
  2. #5,823Zeno8
  3. #5,823Zubin8
  4. #6,415Vi7
  5. #6,415Abdias7
  6. #6,415Abdulmalik7
  7. #6,415Abdurrahman7
  8. #7,178Aalap6
  9. #7,178Abbott6
  10. #7,178Abdo6

Tied with 762 names at #6,415; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1990 →