Unisex name · since 2012
Vai
5 babies named Vai in U.S. Social Security records since 2012, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #44,995 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Vai sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 5 recorded since 2012.
Social Security Administration records show Vai recorded 5 times among boys since 2012, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2012.
- #44,995 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 5 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vai ranks #44,995 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #44,995 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 5
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Vai's 5 recorded births place it above 0% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vai popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2012
- Peak year (2012)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Vai popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 2025 (Vai as girls' name)
Vai by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (5 births, 100% of the file).
2010s was Vai's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Vai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 5 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Vai: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~0 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2012–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Vai draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.