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Viva
OriginLatin
Meaning"alive, living, life"
US Rank#5711
2025 SSA
About Viva
Viva la baby with this life-affirming name, one of the appealing group of girl names that mean life. Other related life-giving names on the rise: cousins Vida and Vita, and Vivian, Aviva, and even Zoe.
Viva (born Janet Susan) was one of Andy Warhol's single-named superstars.
Pronounced VEE-vuh.
As of October 2026, Viva ranked #5711 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #445 in 1894.
Popularity & trends
US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Famous Vivas
- Viva Bianca
Australian actress
- Janet Susan Mary "Viva" Hoffman
American actress
- Viva Katherine Wainwright Cohen (b. 2011)
daughter of American,Canadian singer,songwriter and composer Rufus Wainwright
Viva in pop culture
- Viva Bennett
character on British TV series "Some Girls"
- "Viva Forever
" a song by the Spice Girls
- "Viva la Vida
" song by Coldplay, translated from Spanish to "long live life"
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