Vivi
Feminine · “alive”
Vivi is the short form of Vivian and Viviana, and the Latin word underneath is as direct as a name can get: alive. It is used as a full name across Scandinavia and Latin America alike.
How old is the name Vivi?
Vivi first appears in US birth records in 1946 — 79 years ago. The typical Vivi alive today was born around 2011, making them about 14 years old. About 700 people named Vivi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Vivi most popular?
Vivi peaked in 2025, reaching #3211 nationally. Today it ranks #3211, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From vivus to Vivi
The story of Vivi
Vivianus was a late Roman name carried by several early saints, and it spread through France as Vivien and Vivienne and through Italy and Spain as Viviana. Scandinavian families took Vivi as a complete registered name in the twentieth century, and Latin American families did the same with the doubled short form of Viviana. It appears in American records from both directions, and increasingly from families who simply like the sound.
Meaning
alive
From Latin vivus, living, through the Roman name Vivianus; the same root gives revive, survive and vivid.
How the name formed
- vivus
- Vivianus
- Viviana
- Vivi
Related forms: Viviana · Vivienne · Vivi · Vivian
Pronouncing Vivi
VEE-vee
Two syllables, first stressed, both vowels long. Some English speakers say VIV-ee.
Nicknames for Vivi
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1946
- Most girls named
- 202549 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3211reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +32.4%49 in 2025, from 37
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Vivi in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Viviana in Italian — related form
- Vivienne in French — related form
- Vivi in Danish — same name
- Vivian in English — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York, Utah.
Vivis among us
people named Vivi are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 32,801 born in 2025 was named Vivi
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Vivi
- #3211
- Vivi on the 2025 chart
- #906
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Vivi went to 49 girls in 2025, but Vivy is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 54, which makes it the 906th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,305 places above the chart.
- Vivi49
- Vivy5
About 1 girl in 29,764 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 32,801 for Vivi itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Marit test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Vivi's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Marit climbed just as high around 1967, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Marit's path sketches the road Vivi is walking now.
Vivi sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Vivi is headed
Vivi looks set to keep climbing gently, with roughly 22% more babies a year by 2030 if the current curve holds.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Vivi beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Vivi in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled Latin meaning that could hardly be simpler or better.
- Four letters, two syllables — as easy as a name gets to write and to say.
- It is a complete registered name in Scandinavia and Latin America, not only a nickname.
- In English-speaking countries it reads as a nickname for Vivian, which may matter on a document.
- The first vowel is said two ways in English and neither has won.
- Vivi, Vivie and Vivvy all appear in the records.
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Frequently asked
- How many Vivis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Vivi are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Vivi?
- Vivi is the most-used spelling in US records — 49 of the 54 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Vivy.
- How popular is the name Vivi in 2025?
- Vivi ranks #3211 among US girl names in 2025, with 49 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Vivi?
- About 1 in every 32,801 US girls born in 2025 was named Vivi — 49 in all.
- Will my child share the name Vivi with classmates?
- Vivi will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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