# Vienna (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vienna/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | German |
| Meaning | “wood”, “wild” |
| Pronunciation | /viˈɛ.nə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,565 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 7,565 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,306, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Italian and Medieval Latin Vienna, from German Wien, Middle High German Wienne, and Old High German Wienna, probably from Proto-Celtic *widus (“wood”) or *weidus (“wild”) via unattested Vulgar Latin *Vedunia. Doublet of Wien.

## What it means

Vienna is grouped under forest.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 223 | 1,110 |
| 2012 | 216 | 1,147 |
| 2013 | 247 | 1,014 |
| 2014 | 255 | 1,025 |
| 2015 | 297 | 926 |
| 2016 | 292 | 940 |
| 2017 | 298 | 902 |
| 2018 | 313 | 869 |
| 2019 | 372 | 755 |
| 2020 | 337 | 807 |
| 2021 | 327 | 846 |
| 2022 | 432 | 675 |
| 2023 | 421 | 690 |
| 2024 | 575 | 532 |
| 2025 | 712 | 434 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 1,096 |
| 2012 | 51 | 768 |
| 2013 | 42 | 882 |
| 2014 | 46 | 832 |
| 2015 | 42 | 871 |
| 2016 | 90 | 483 |
| 2017 | 124 | 370 |
| 2018 | 167 | 285 |
| 2019 | 172 | 285 |
| 2020 | 179 | 265 |
| 2021 | 176 | 270 |
| 2022 | 261 | 197 |
| 2023 | 200 | 231 |
| 2024 | 201 | 241 |
| 2025 | 229 | 207 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: فِيِينَا, فِيِنَّا, ڤِيِينَا, ڤِيِنَّا
- Armenian: Վիեննա
- Bulgarian: Вие́на
- Catalan: Viena
- Chinese: 維也納 /维也纳
- Czech: Vídeň
- Danish: Wien
- Dutch: Wenen
- Esperanto: Vieno
- Estonian: Viin
- Finnish: Wien
- French: Vienne
- Georgian: ვენა
- German: Wien
- Greek: Βιέννη, Βιένη
- Hebrew: וִינָה
- Hindi: वियना
- Hungarian: Bécs
- Icelandic: Vín, Vínarborg
- Indonesian: Wina

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.