Is Viva a boy or girl name?

Viva is a girl’s name. Of the 3,605 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Viva

Recorded 1880–2025 · United States

Viva was most popular in 1921, when 103 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,327 that year. In 2025 it ranked #9,648, with 22 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,605 people named Viva.

Viva over time

Births per year. The dot marks Viva’s peak in 1921. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Viva a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Viva is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,605 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Viva

Where Viva is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org