Vi
Vi was the 14813th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 2957th with 31 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,709 places. More babies were named Vi in the 1980s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #14,813 girls, down 5,894 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 6girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 198231 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,087babies recorded
Vi popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #14,813 | — | 6 | — |
| 2020 | #8,919 | — | 12 | — |
| 2010 | #11,201 | — | 10 | — |
| 2000 | #5,485 | — | 21 | — |
| 1990 | #4,866 | #7,146 | 20 | 7 |
| 1980 | #4,513 | #4,920 | 17 | 8 |
| 1970 | — | — | — | — |
| 1960 | #7,288 | — | 5 | — |
| 1950 | — | — | — | — |
| 1940 | — | — | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Vi, counting every spelling?
Vi is a spelling of Vy, a name family that had 48 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 48 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vy | 22 | #5,712 | 115 |
| Vi | 6 | #14,813 | 50 |
| Vea | 14 | #7,859 | 31 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Vi?
6 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Vi (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Vi born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,368 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Vi.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Vi?
About 900 people born in the US named Vi are alive today, with a median age of 31; half are between 20 and 41. That makes Vi mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Vi: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Vi, they share its era and feel.
Vi is also a nickname for Violette, Violet, Vivian, Violeta and Viola.
Questions about the name Vi
How popular is the name Vi?
Vi was the 14813th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 6 babies. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 2957th with 31 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 4,709 places. More babies were named Vi in the 1980s than in any other decade.
Is Vi a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Vi in the US.