Vivien

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Vivien: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Vivien: Recorded since 1964, it reached #243 in 1968, and it stood at #1,406 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
65times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#243highest recorded position
16groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1646
1997	#1666
1998	#2701
1999	#1970
2000	#1313
2001	#1617
2002	#2868
2003	#4373
2004	#1383
2005	#2084
2006	#1585
2007	#2233
2008	#1247
2009	#1325
2010	#1125
2011	#1067
2012	#1483
2013	#1324
2014	#963
2015	#1240
2016	#1749
2017	#1021
2018	#1083
2019	#1095
2020	#1556
2021	#1161
2022	#1326
2023	#1255
2024	#1406

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 31 of the 59 years from 1964 to 2022.

In 2022: #747 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1326 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1964–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #327 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1964–2022
Highest recorded position: #243 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1968 (recorded 1964–2022).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1406 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Vivien appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 31 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 163 births with the name.

Vivien across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Vivien's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#327 (1964)	#243 (1968)	#747 (2022)	31 of 59	163 (1964–2022)	11 (1968)
England and Wales · Girls	#1646 (1996)	#963 (2014)	#1406 (2024)	29 of 29	570 (1996–2024)	38 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#444 (2011)	#424 (2019)	#424 (2019)	4 of 9	12 (2011–2019)	3 (2011)

Vivien by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Vivien in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960sbusiest	30	5 of 10	6
1970s	43	8 of 10	5
1980s	25	5 of 10	5
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	3	1 of 10	3
2010s	52	9 of 10	6
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1960s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Vivien appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #243 in Republic of Ireland in 1968.

Vivien's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1406	23	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1255	26	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1326	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1161	29	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1556	19	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1095	31	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1083	32	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1021	35	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1240	27	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#963	38	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1324	25	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1483	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1067	32	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1125	29	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1325	22	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1247	23	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1585	15	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2084	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#4373	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1617	11	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1970	8	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1666	10	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1646	10	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#424	3	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#440	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#873	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#419	10	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#494	8	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#695	5	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#655	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#369	7	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#340	7	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	8	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#352	6	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#243	11	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#288	6	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	female	#380	3	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#282	6	High	Verified
1964	Republic of Ireland	female	#327	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1964 and 2024, ranked in 47 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #243, first reached in 1968.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 38 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 8 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 47 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Viviana · #790, 23y
Vivianne · #3397, 10y
Vivienne · #73, 72y
Viya · #2341, 14y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Usman · #244, 46y
Norbert · #241, 45y
Catharina · #238, 50y
Gerry · #237, 43y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Aedin · #243, 30y
Bruno · #243, 47y
Davis · #243, 31y
Ines · #243, 51y

Vivien was ranked #243 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1968. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Vivien and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Vivien without appearing here.

Vivien moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2005 they stood at #4373 and #3099 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1585 and #4157.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2084 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1585 and #3548.
Pauline Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2084 and #1796 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1585 and #3548.
Kristy Compare
In 2003 they stood at #4373 and #2191 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1383 and #3197.

Moved ahead of Vivien

Amalie Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1617 and #3998 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #938.
Ida Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1617 and #1728 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #2868 and #1442.
Ada Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1383 and #1617 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2084 and #951.
Aria Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1383 and #1715 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2084 and #1295.

Moved the opposite way to Vivien

Ada Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vivien went from #327 to #747 while Ada went from #372 to #48.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vivien went from #327 to #747 while Alexandra went from #222 to #118.
Alice Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vivien went from #327 to #747 while Alice went from #57 to #29.
Amelia Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vivien went from #327 to #747 while Amelia went from #300 to #11.

Moved the same way as Vivien

Alison Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vivien went from #327 to #747 and Alison from #146 to #222.
Amanda Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vivien went from #327 to #747 and Amanda from #118 to #747.
Angela Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vivien went from #327 to #747 and Angela from #24 to #389.
Anita Compare
Between 1964 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Vivien went from #327 to #747 and Anita from #130 to #905.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1964 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #243 in Republic of Ireland in 1968. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Vivien

Vivien at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Vivien across 3 official records

Vivien by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Vivien appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Vivien

Vivien and the names beside it

Vivien moved ahead of

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Vivien at a glance

Vivien across 3 official records

Vivien by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Vivien appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Vivien

Vivien and the names beside it

Vivien moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Vivien

Moved the opposite way to Vivien

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