girl's name
Viviana
vee-vee-AH-nah
- Origin Italian
- Gender Girl
- Syllables 4
- Letters 7
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 28,021
the United States
#331
2025 births
Viviana is a girl's name of Latin origin meaning "alive". It comes from vivus, living, and belongs to a small family of names — Vivian, Vivienne, Bibiana — that all make the same simple and unusual statement.
- Viviana is a name of Italian origin.
- Peaked in 2025, when 928 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 3,573 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1908.
- 4 syllables, with the stress on syllable 3.
Viviana over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1900s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 8 |
| 1910s | 11 |
| 1920s | 59 |
| 1930s | 40 |
| 1940s | 34 |
| 1950s | 93 |
| 1960s | 217 |
| 1970s | 1,017 |
| 1980s | 2,058 |
| 1990s | 4,794 |
| 2000s | 6,972 |
| 2010s | 7,037 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 4,950 |
What Viviana means
Viviana means living or full of life, from the Latin vivus. Names meaning alive are rarer than they sound: most Latin names describe rank, order or a quality, and this one simply asserts vitality.
Where Viviana comes from
Viviana comes from the Latin Vivianus, from vivus, alive — the root behind vivid, revive and survive. Saint Bibiana, a Roman martyr venerated from the fourth century, carries a Spanish and Italian variant produced by the regular shift of V to B in those languages, so Bibiana and Viviana are the same name twice. In medieval England Vivian was a man's name, and the Arthurian enchantress Viviane, who imprisons Merlin, gave it a feminine life in French romance. It appears in our records from 1908.
Viviana in use
Viviana charts in five of the seven countries we track and reached its highest recorded use in 2025.
How popular is Viviana?
In 2025, Viviana was given to 928 babies in the United States, ranking #331 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Viviana is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Viviana
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Viviana also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Viviana over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
2 nicknames for Viviana
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Viviana in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
Sibling names for Viviana
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Viviana — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Viviana
What does the name Viviana mean?
Alive, from the Latin vivus — the root of vivid and revive.
Is Viviana related to Bibiana?
They are the same name. Spanish and Italian regularly shift V to B, so Bibiana and Viviana are twin forms.
Was Vivian ever a boy's name?
Yes, in medieval England. Its feminine life comes largely through the Arthurian Viviane.
How popular is the name Viviana?
In 2025, Viviana was given to 928 babies in the United States, ranking #331 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
How many syllables are in Viviana?
Viviana has 4 syllables.
When was Viviana most popular?
Viviana peaked in 2025, when 928 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Viviana?
Viviana is usually shortened to Vivi and Ana.
Is Viviana a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Viviana currently ranks #331 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.