Viva
#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 40 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,605since 1880
Viva over time
Rank among girls' names. Viva has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,554 | 22 |
| 2024 | #5,962 | 20 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 |
| 2021 | #8,464 | 12 |
| 2020 | #11,090 | 8 |
| 2019 | #8,138 | 13 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 |
| 2015 | #7,613 | 15 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 |
| 2013 | #6,729 | 18 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #10,422 | 5 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 |
| 1981 | #6,323 | 10 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 |
| 1978 | #6,385 | 9 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 |
| 1974 | #3,863 | 16 |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 |
| 1969 | #3,318 | 17 |
| 1968 | #2,431 | 26 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 |
| 1966 | #3,959 | 11 |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 |
| 1964 | #3,379 | 15 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 |
| 1960 | #2,820 | 19 |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 |
| 1958 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1957 | #4,202 | 9 |
| 1956 | #2,321 | 23 |
| 1955 | #2,063 | 27 |
| 1954 | #2,779 | 16 |
| 1953 | #2,699 | 16 |
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,474 | 17 |
| 1950 | #2,436 | 17 |
| 1949 | #2,340 | 18 |
| 1948 | #1,953 | 24 |
| 1947 | #1,946 | 25 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,588 | 27 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 |
| 1943 | #1,751 | 24 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 |
| 1941 | #1,206 | 39 |
| 1940 | #1,150 | 40 |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 |
| 1938 | #1,475 | 26 |
| 1937 | #1,099 | 42 |
| 1936 | #1,096 | 41 |
| 1935 | #1,307 | 31 |
| 1934 | #1,019 | 46 |
| 1933 | #1,038 | 45 |
| 1932 | #1,116 | 41 |
| 1931 | #1,043 | 45 |
| 1930 | #926 | 62 |
| 1929 | #1,119 | 43 |
| 1928 | #924 | 64 |
| 1927 | #935 | 64 |
| 1926 | #921 | 66 |
| 1925 | #885 | 70 |
| 1924 | #868 | 74 |
| 1923 | #791 | 85 |
| 1922 | #835 | 77 |
| 1921 | #722 | 103 |
| 1920 | #825 | 76 |
| 1919 | #728 | 92 |
| 1918 | #755 | 89 |
| 1917 | #703 | 96 |
| 1916 | #700 | 96 |
| 1915 | #738 | 81 |
| 1914 | #714 | 65 |
| 1913 | #624 | 69 |
| 1912 | #689 | 53 |
| 1911 | #634 | 46 |
| 1910 | #710 | 35 |
| 1909 | #731 | 30 |
| 1908 | #639 | 36 |
| 1907 | #580 | 40 |
| 1906 | #570 | 38 |
| 1905 | #556 | 39 |
| 1904 | #500 | 43 |
| 1903 | #596 | 30 |
| 1902 | #559 | 34 |
| 1901 | #591 | 28 |
| 1900 | #589 | 35 |
| 1899 | #476 | 38 |
| 1898 | #510 | 37 |
| 1897 | #477 | 36 |
| 1896 | #504 | 34 |
| 1895 | #488 | 36 |
| 1894 | #442 | 40 |
| 1893 | #614 | 22 |
| 1892 | #666 | 19 |
| 1891 | #541 | 23 |
| 1890 | #667 | 16 |
| 1889 | #757 | 12 |
| 1888 | #894 | 9 |
| 1887 | #661 | 12 |
| 1886 | #606 | 14 |
| 1885 | #576 | 14 |
| 1884 | #449 | 20 |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 |
| 1882 | #634 | 9 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | #679 | 7 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Viva was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Viva is popular in 1915
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#300 · 1 in 2,374
- Kansas#322 · 1 in 2,671
- Arkansas#394 · 1 in 3,097
- Tennessee#423 · 1 in 4,288
- Missouri#425 · 1 in 4,404
Best ever in a state: #223 in Michigan, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #300 | 8 | 1 in 2,374 |
| Kansas | #322 | 5 | 1 in 2,671 |
| Arkansas | #394 | 5 | 1 in 3,097 |
| Tennessee | #423 | 5 | 1 in 4,288 |
| Missouri | #425 | 6 | 1 in 4,404 |
| Pennsylvania | #613 | 5 | 1 in 17,448 |
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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 Viva
- 408 spots since 2024 (#5,962 → #5,554)
- 5,536 spots since 2020 (#11,090 → #5,554)
- 2,059 spots since 2015 (#7,613 → #5,554)
- Biggest jump: 193 spots in 1930 (#1,119 → #926)
- Biggest drop: 233 spots in 1888 (#661 → #894)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #442 (40 births)
- Births halved by 1944, 50 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 49 yrs · run 1882–1928
- Highest: 1 in 5,573 girls born in 1894 were named Viva (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 20.0% of all girls named Viva (722) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 107 | #449 (1884) | #652 |
| 1890s | 301 | #442 (1894) | #539 |
| 1900s | 353 | #500 (1904) | #591 |
| 1910s | 722 | #624 (1913) | #700 |
| 1920s | 722 | #722 (1921) | #883 |
| 1930s | 421 | #926 (1930) | #1,122 |
| 1940s | 263 | #1,150 (1940) | #1,761 |
| 1950s | 155 | #2,063 (1955) | #3,052 |
| 1960s | 145 | #2,431 (1968) | #3,628 |
| 1970s | 139 | #2,938 (1970) | #4,922 |
| 1980s | 35 | #6,212 (1983) | #8,877 |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 40 | #10,807 (2008) | #14,216 |
| 2010s | 121 | #5,993 (2014) | #9,682 |
| 2020s | 81 | #5,554 (2025) | #8,549 |
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.
Viva in 1915
Top girls' names in 1915
More about 1915
girls
983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 12,146 of them was named Viva, which outranked 85.1% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).