# Vivaan (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vivaan/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “plaiting”, “twisting” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,759 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,759 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 648, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi विवान (vivān), from Sanskrit विवान (vivāna, “plaiting, twisting”).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 113 | 1,458 |
| 2012 | 169 | 1,105 |
| 2013 | 162 | 1,127 |
| 2014 | 224 | 946 |
| 2015 | 251 | 887 |
| 2016 | 223 | 941 |
| 2017 | 219 | 954 |
| 2018 | 220 | 949 |
| 2019 | 251 | 878 |
| 2020 | 147 | 1,258 |
| 2021 | 96 | 1,708 |
| 2022 | 122 | 1,495 |
| 2023 | 151 | 1,282 |
| 2024 | 88 | 1,853 |
| 2025 | 108 | 1,584 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 1,158 |
| 2012 | 38 | 821 |
| 2013 | 48 | 684 |
| 2014 | 62 | 574 |
| 2015 | 55 | 633 |
| 2016 | 46 | 732 |
| 2017 | 50 | 701 |
| 2018 | 51 | 675 |
| 2019 | 46 | 723 |
| 2020 | 41 | 766 |
| 2021 | 28 | 1,023 |
| 2022 | 24 | 1,143 |
| 2023 | 35 | 890 |
| 2024 | 29 | 1,025 |
| 2025 | 33 | 934 |

## 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.