NameTides

Vi

Vi was the #13,208 girls' name in the US in 2025 (6 babies).

Vi as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Vi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.0518801900192019401960198020002020US
Vi as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.010.030.040.051880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#13,208 (6)——
2024#9,556 (10)——
2023#7,640 (14)#5,688 (3)—
2022#11,231 (8)——
2021#8,464 (12)——
2020#8,406 (12)——
2019#11,356 (8)——
2018#8,146 (13)——
2017#11,615 (8)——
2016#8,393 (13)——
2015#9,481 (11)——
2014#10,129 (10)——
2013#9,612 (11)——
2012#10,429 (10)——
2011#8,614 (13)——

Vi as a boy’s name

  • US
Vi as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.0118801900192019401960198020002020
Vi as a boy’s name, USBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.000.010.010.011880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUS
1998#9,631 (5)
1996#7,136 (7)
1995#6,992 (7)
1994#8,800 (5)
1993#6,816 (7)
1992#5,236 (10)
1991#6,519 (7)
1990#6,415 (7)
1989#5,615 (8)
1988#4,450 (10)
1987#5,459 (7)
1986#4,457 (9)
1985#5,147 (7)
1982#3,966 (10)
1981#3,601 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1982 at #2,901.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.
  • In 1998, 84% of US babies named Vi were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

Next year

On its recent trend, Vi is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 220,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 120,000 to 1 in 410,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ViCanadaGirls—too few
ViEngland & WalesGirls—too few
ViUSGirls#13,2086
ViUSBoys—too few