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Vivan

#6,423 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Cowslip

Vivan has been given to 821 babies in the U.S. since 1914. In 2025 it ranked #6,423 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2016, with 44 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 55% boys, 45% girls all-time.

Babies named Vivan, 2025

1 in 237,000

Vivan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Vivan over time

In 2025, Vivan went to 30% girls and 70% boys.

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A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Vivan: meaning, origin, and history

Cowslip

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Vivan means

Vivan means “cowslip”, associated with gullviva.

Origin, language, and formation

Vivan is used in Swedish.

The given-name sense places Vivan among flower names.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Viveka.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 448 boys were recorded with the name Vivan between 1914 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 44 in 2016; its best national rank was #2,774 in 2016.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,408 in 2020 to #6,423 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,695 in 2015 to #6,423 in 2025.

In the United States, 373 girls were recorded with the name Vivan between 1911 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1991; its best national rank was #2,451 in 1911.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #17,368 in 2020 to #14,819 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Vivan?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 237,000
14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 122,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#6,423
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
164,137 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Vivan sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vivan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vivans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vivan was born before 2016 — so the typical Vivan is around 9 today.

Median birth year
2016
About 9 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
54.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
89.7%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
402
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 54.2% of all recorded uses (243).

Is Vivan rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−1,372
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−2,015
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,728
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.67×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
31.8%
Peak was 2016 (44)
Years since peak
9
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.9% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,774
2016

Spellings of Vivan

Vivan is not the most common spelling — Evan is, with 28.5% against Vivan's 0.04%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Vivan is used

Across 1910–2025, Vivan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 554,694 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New Jersey1 in —
  3. 3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Vivan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Vivan around the world

Where Vivan ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2006–2025
    #2,440
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2010–2024
    #2,855
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2012–2012
    #771
    in 2012

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Vivan by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#6,423
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,015
Best rank ever
#2,774
2016
Peak year
2016
44 that year
First recorded
1914
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
448
Count in 2025
14

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#14,819
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,549
Best rank ever
#2,451
1911
Peak year
1991
11 that year
First recorded
1911
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
373
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Vivan

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Vivan

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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