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How popular is “Vivian” in the USA?

Number of people named “Vivian” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Vivian” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Vivian” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Vivian” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Vivian” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Vivian” by birth year

This chart shows how “Vivian” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 29 0.000143932 22 7 52%
1881 33 0.000171261 24 9 45%
1882 32 0.000144448 27 5 69%
1883 40 0.000184378 33 7 65%
1884 45 0.000184835 33 12 47%
1885 57 0.000236658 51 6 79%
1886 55 0.000215419 49 6 78%
1887 79 0.000319331 66 13 67%
1888 84 0.000280492 77 7 83%
1889 93 0.000321859 83 10 78%
1890 110 0.000364962 103 7 87%
1891 118 0.000411619 108 10 83%
1892 164 0.000490469 152 12 85%
1893 194 0.000596514 185 9 91%
1894 224 0.000661372 212 12 89%
1895 232 0.000660931 216 16 86%
1896 242 0.000676953 224 18 85%
1897 251 0.000723433 241 10 92%
1898 328 0.000859866 308 20 88%
1899 260 0.000766433 250 10 92%
1900 401 0.0008906 383 18 91%
1901 354 0.001023678 342 12 93%
1902 434 0.001122221 425 9 96%
1903 446 0.001169989 432 14 94%
1904 489 0.001211941 470 19 92%
1905 507 0.001195975 492 15 94%
1906 502 0.001171663 489 13 95%
1907 592 0.001272051 572 20 93%
1908 581 0.001188993 561 20 93%
1909 667 0.001304712 652 15 96%
1910 817 0.001383079 801 16 96%
1911 1235 0.001916874 1211 24 96%
1912 1521 0.001539377 1487 34 96%
1913 1770 0.001556578 1727 43 95%
1914 2139 0.001510226 2080 59 94%
1915 2903 0.001584239 2857 46 97%
1916 3109 0.001607203 3049 60 96%
1917 3180 0.001584652 3119 61 96%
1918 3728 0.001717093 3663 65 97%
1919 3713 0.001759511 3640 73 96%
1920 4200 0.001856236 4128 72 97%
1921 4168 0.001785389 4103 65 97%
1922 3801 0.001660437 3733 68 96%
1923 3898 0.001692956 3831 67 97%
1924 3903 0.001638807 3850 53 97%
1925 3625 0.001553592 3576 49 97%
1926 3483 0.001517049 3430 53 97%
1927 3577 0.001542237 3510 67 96%
1928 3352 0.001482571 3310 42 97%
1929 3155 0.001439219 3101 54 97%
1930 2915 0.001311121 2872 43 97%
1931 2935 0.001394705 2893 42 97%
1932 2717 0.00128689 2662 55 96%
1933 2425 0.001212835 2378 47 96%
1934 2436 0.001172949 2413 23 98%
1935 2155 0.00103115 2124 31 97%
1936 2053 0.00098817 2015 38 96%
1937 1930 0.000905818 1910 20 98%
1938 1827 0.000825735 1797 30 97%
1939 1900 0.000862287 1868 32 97%
1940 2286 0.000992754 2261 25 98%
1941 2310 0.00094811 2280 30 97%
1942 2235 0.000818136 2203 32 97%
1943 2347 0.000831515 2321 26 98%
1944 2044 0.000759829 2022 22 98%
1945 2184 0.000823247 2168 16 99%
1946 2451 0.000767062 2424 27 98%
1947 2516 0.000698438 2483 33 97%
1948 2449 0.000709337 2424 25 98%
1949 2347 0.000673501 2327 20 98%
1950 2281 0.00065109 2269 12 99%
1951 2423 0.000657756 2405 18 99%
1952 2530 0.000666139 2508 22 98%
1953 2380 0.000617597 2358 22 98%
1954 2303 0.00057854 2275 28 98%
1955 2378 0.000592267 2357 21 98%
1956 2572 0.000623812 2560 12 99%
1957 2453 0.00058375 2433 20 98%
1958 2219 0.000536781 2206 13 99%
1959 2210 0.000531507 2183 27 98%
1960 2037 0.000490393 2023 14 99%
1961 1911 0.000461338 1892 19 98%
1962 1760 0.000436143 1747 13 99%
1963 1753 0.000442878 1746 7 99%
1964 1519 0.000390729 1511 8 99%
1965 1262 0.000348095 1253 9 99%
1966 1069 0.000307568 1059 10 98%
1967 1063 0.000313117 1056 7 99%
1968 919 0.000272021 914 5 99%
1969 819 0.000235662 810 9 98%
1970 789 0.000218771 777 12 97%
1971 669 0.00019491 660 9 97%
1972 569 0.000181038 569 100%
1973 532 0.000176341 526 6 98%
1974 515 0.000169408 505 10 96%
1975 423 0.000140094 423 100%
1976 384 0.000126553 377 7 96%
1977 361 0.000113647 361 100%
1978 353 0.000111221 348 5 97%
1979 457 0.000137361 457 100%
1980 415 0.000120482 409 6 97%
1981 356 0.000102909 351 5 97%
1982 393 0.000112031 393 100%
1983 422 0.000121848 411 11 95%
1984 420 0.000120387 412 8 96%
1985 415 0.000116275 408 7 97%
1986 443 0.00012454 443 100%
1987 434 0.000120368 429 5 98%
1988 435 0.000117725 429 6 97%
1989 474 0.000123295 465 9 96%
1990 561 0.000141936 553 8 97%
1991 863 0.000221551 852 11 97%
1992 919 0.000239244 909 10 98%
1993 943 0.000250114 931 12 97%
1994 921 0.000247737 921 100%
1995 878 0.00023975 867 11 97%
1996 904 0.000247862 897 7 98%
1997 913 0.00025181 908 5 99%
1998 912 0.000247947 912 100%
1999 1114 0.000301581 1114 100%
2000 1177 0.000311384 1177 100%
2001 1020 0.00027248 1020 100%
2002 1275 0.000341065 1275 100%
2003 1453 0.000382135 1453 100%
2004 1424 0.000372685 1424 100%
2005 1560 0.000405738 1560 100%
2006 1544 0.000390275 1536 8 99%
2007 1639 0.000409987 1639 100%
2008 1646 0.000418759 1639 7 99%
2009 1971 0.000515945 1964 7 99%
2010 1948 0.000527093 1943 5 99%
2011 2027 0.000554159 2022 5 100%
2012 2264 0.000619025 2264 100%
2013 2658 0.000729085 2651 7 99%
2014 3068 0.000827763 3063 5 100%
2015 3204 0.000865733 3204 100%
2016 3141 0.000856162 3141 100%
2017 3032 0.000847829 3032 100%
2018 2988 0.000849854 2976 12 99%
2019 2933 0.000845018 2933 100%
2020 2705 0.00080974 2705 100%
2021 2693 0.000794876 2693 100%
2022 2681 0.00079246 2674 7 99%
2023 2806 0.000847428 2806 100%
2024 3088 0.000927745 3088 100%

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