Vivianne
Feminine · “alive”
Vivianne is alive, in Latin — vivus, the root of vivid and survive — and the medieval Vivien is the Lady of the Lake, who imprisons Merlin.
How old is the name Vivianne?
Vivianne first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Vivianne is a kid of about 10 — this name's wave is very recent. About 2,800 people named Vivianne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Vivianne most popular?
Vivianne peaked in 2018, reaching #1413 nationally. Today it ranks #1769, 356 places below that high. See the whole 2018 chart.
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Where it comes from
From vivus to Vivianne
The story of Vivianne
Saint Vivian was an early martyr, and the Arthurian Viviane or Nimue is the Lady of the Lake, who receives Excalibur and, in some tellings, traps Merlin in a tree or a rock. French produced Vivienne and Vivianne. The name appears in the American registers rising through the 2010s and is in current use.
Meaning
alive, lively
From the Latin vivus, 'alive' or 'living', through the name Vivianus. The same root gives vivid, revive, survive and vitamin. The Latin is ordinary and the meaning undisputed. The doubled n and final e are French ornaments.
How the name formed
- vivus
- Vivianus
- Vivianne
Related forms: Vivienne · Vivian · Viviana
Pronouncing Vivianne
viv-ee-ANN
Three syllables, stress on the third. Vivian is VIV-ee-un with the stress at the front.
Nicknames for Vivianne
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
- 1915
- Most girls named
- 2017155 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1413reached in 2018
- Change vs 2023
- +25.3%114 in 2025, from 91
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.
Vivianne in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Vivienne in French — spelling variant
- Vivian in English — related form
- Viviana in Italian — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Illinois.
Viviannes among us
people named Vivianne are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 14,099 born in 2025 was named Vivianne
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Vivianne
- #1769
- Vivianne on the 2025 chart
- #823
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Vivianne went to 114 girls in 2025, but Viviane is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 137, which makes it the 823rd most-given girls’ name of the year — 946 places above the chart.
- Vivianne114
- Viviane23
About 1 girl in 11,732 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 14,099 for Vivianne 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 Teddi test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Vivianne's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Teddi climbed just as high around 1956, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Teddi's path sketches the road Vivianne is walking now.
Vivianne 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 Vivianne is headed
Vivianne should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
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.
Vivianne beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Vivianne in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The alive meaning is transparent, undisputed and about as good as meanings get.
- The Lady of the Lake is one of the more interesting Arthurian figures.
- Vivi and Viv are two short forms, both with real currency.
- Vivienne and Vivian are both commoner and are stressed differently.
- The doubled n will need dictating.
- The stress placement varies between spellings.
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Frequently asked
- How many Viviannes are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,800 people named Vivianne are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Vivianne?
- Vivianne is the most-used spelling in US records — 114 of the 137 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Viviane.
- How popular is the name Vivianne in 2025?
- Vivianne ranks #1769 among US girl names in 2025, with 114 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Vivianne?
- About 1 in every 14,099 US girls born in 2025 was named Vivianne — 114 in all.
- Will my child share the name Vivianne with classmates?
- Vivianne will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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