Viva
A girls’ name of Latin origin, meaning alive, lively.
Babies a year
3
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#5927
3 babies
Viva by the numbers
In 2025, 3 babies in England and Wales were named Viva. In the US, 12 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 103 babies in 1921, so it is a 1920s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Viva. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean life
Like Viva, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Viva
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