Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Vi*

#6,680 most common girls' name of all time · #11,232 across all names · 11% male / 89% female · used 1916–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#6,680
Rank overall
#11,232 of 105,966
First appeared
1916
Years on the list
64 of 146
All-time
1,087
Since 2016
104
Peak year
1982 #2,916
Best rank
#2,916 1982
Girls Boys peak 41/yr
192019401960198020002020

Vi first appears in 1916. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 6 6 #13,355
2024 10 10 #9,634
2023 14 14 #7,686
2022 8 8 #11,347
2021 12 12 #8,530
2020 12 12 #8,471
2019 8 8 #11,463
2018 13 13 #8,207
2017 8 8 #11,715
2016 13 13 #8,442
2015 11 11 #9,544
2014 10 10 #10,215
2013 11 11 #9,663
2012 10 10 #10,516
2011 13 13 #8,680
2010 10 10 #10,537
2009 16 16 #7,722
2008 16 16 #7,786
2007 16 16 #7,777
2006 15 15 #7,904
2005 20 20 #6,028
2004 18 18 #6,527
2003 28 28 #4,553
2002 19 19 #5,930
2001 21 21 #5,391
2000 21 21 #5,337
1999 25 25 #4,464
1998 26 5 31 #4,258
1997 18 18 #5,444
1996 29 7 36 #3,745
1995 15 7 22 #6,007
1994 21 5 26 #4,722
1993 23 7 30 #4,412
1992 21 10 31 #4,726
1991 21 7 28 #4,680
1990 20 7 27 #4,730
1989 28 8 36 #3,590
1988 27 10 37 #3,507
1987 27 7 34 #3,351
1986 24 9 33 #3,581
1985 25 7 32 #3,439
1984 28 28 #3,096
1983 28 28 #2,994
1982 31 10 41 #2,916
1981 16 11 27 #4,588
1980 17 8 25 #4,389
1979 16 16 #4,469
1978 10 10 #6,062
1963 11 11 #4,114
1962 7 7 #5,488
1961 7 7 #5,490
1960 5 5 #6,648
1959 5 5 #6,513
1958 6 6 #5,655
1957 12 12 #3,595
1956 8 8 #4,612
1953 6 6 #5,276
1952 7 7 #4,673
1945 8 8 #3,570
1944 5 5 #4,884
1934 5 5 #4,697
1927 5 5 #5,264
1922 5 5 #5,457
1916 5 5 #5,146