Vivienne
- Pronunciation
- [Vi-vienne]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Lively
- Origin
- French
About the Name Vivienne
Vivienne is the French feminine form of the Latin Vivianus meaning "alive" or "lively" — see separate entry on Vivian for the broader etymology and Arthurian-magical anchor. The French Vivienne reads as more elegant and slightly more sophisticated than the simpler English Vivian.
The name's most influential modern bearer is British fashion designer Vivienne Westwood (1941–2022, the founder of the punk-fashion movement of the 1970s and one of the most-influential British fashion designers of the late 20th century). Other notable bearers include Vivienne Mara (American writer), Vivienne Tam (American fashion designer), and the celebrity-baby Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt (born 2008, daughter of Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie, twin of Knox — see separate entry on Knox).
Vivienne's contemporary American surge is partly through the celebrity-baby naming influence and partly through the broader 21st-century vintage and French-influenced names revival. The name climbed from outside the US top 500 in 2005 to the US top 200 girls' rank by 2018 and the top 200 since. The name's appeal is its layered French-elegance register combined with three flowing syllables that read as both vintage and contemporary. The name reads as both classical-French and contemporary American. Common nicknames Viv (the dominant short form, casual and adult), Vivi, Vivian (a related but distinct shorter form, see separate entry), and the rare Enne each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Vivien (the medieval English form) and Vivianne have their own SSA tracking. International forms include Viviana (Italian/Spanish), Vivienne (French, identical), and the related Vivian family.
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.
Quick Facts About Vivienne
US Popularity History (2009–2025)
Annual US births named Vivienne by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 1,786 girls named Vivienne (girl rank #172 that year).
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Vivienne Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Vivienne the strongest states are Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vermont | #84 | 18 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | #104 | 501 |
| 3 | Rhode Island | #123 | 50 |
| 4 | Maine | #135 | 59 |
| 5 | District of Columbia | #162 | 69 |
| 6 | Illinois | #168 | 600 |
| 7 | New Hampshire | #169 | 71 |
| 8 | Connecticut | #182 | 176 |
| 9 | Minnesota | #200 | 271 |
| 10 | Hawaii | #205 | 28 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky | #526 | 98 |
| 2 | Alabama | #521 | 104 |
| 3 | Arkansas | #491 | 66 |
| 4 | Mississippi | #475 | 33 |
| 5 | Oklahoma | #470 | 93 |
| 6 | South Carolina | #458 | 103 |
| 7 | Florida | #443 | 387 |
| 8 | Georgia | #418 | 254 |
| 9 | Tennessee | #396 | 183 |
| 10 | Maryland | #384 | 151 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Vivienne in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Compare Vivienne to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Vivienne against today's most popular girls-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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