Viva
Viva is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 20 births. Its best rank was 445th, in 1894.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 200.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1921103 births
- Best rank
- #445in 1894
- Since 1880
- 3,583people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,583 girls have been named Viva in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 103 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1923, and the 1910s alone account for 20%. It has spent 49 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Viva | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 107 | |
| 1890s | 301 | |
| 1900s | 353 | |
| 1910s | 722 | |
| 1920s | 722 | |
| 1930s | 421 | |
| 1940s | 263 | |
| 1950s | 155 | |
| 1960s | 145 | |
| 1970s | 139 | |
| 1980s | 35 | |
| 2000s | 40 | |
| 2010s | 121 | |
| 2020s | 59 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Viva was the 727th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Viva
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Vestapeak 1918
- Fletapeak 1917
- Elsiepeak 1918
- Virgiepeak 1918
- Ovapeak 1919
- Omapeak 1916
- Ednapeak 1918
- Verdiepeak 1918
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.