girls:
945 births since 1916
#4771 (17th percentile)
boys:
125 births since 1980
#4461 (3rd percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1916
#6669 (14th percentile)
The name Vi is the #6,669 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,070 recorded births since 1916. This represents the 13.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 13.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,771 (16.5% percentile) for all time with 945 births since 1916. For boys, it ranks #4,461 (2.7% percentile) for all time with 125 births since 1980.
Vi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1916 (1916 for girls and 1980 for boys). Birth data for Vi is available in 62 out of the 108 years between 1916 and 2023 (62 years for girls and 16 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Vi has been given predominantly to girls, with 88.3% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Vi were girls.
For girls, Vi reached its peak popularity in 1982, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #767) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 1982, with 17 births per million (ranked 3.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Vi ranks #938 for girls (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million, which is 46.8% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Vi reached its peak popularity in 1989, achieving the 0.9% percentile (ranked #750) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 1981, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.9% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1998.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Vi".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Vi", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 4 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Vy" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Vy..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Vi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 68.1% confident that Vi is pronounced as vee, which has 1 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is vai, at 31.9% confidence, with 1 syllables.
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