Over the past 110 years, 401 boys and 201 074 girls have been named Vivian. The name Vivian ranks 3648th in the United States among the most common names for boys. For the first time more than ten times newborns were named Vivian in 1912. The peak of popularity of the name Vivian came in the 1910s and 1920s. You can see absolute numbers and relative numbers on the chart. Indicators per 100K more accurately assess the popularity of the name.