Girls' name · since 2021
Vaiana
Since 2021, U.S. Social Security records show 17 babies named Vaiana, peaking in 2021. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #48,265 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,812 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Vaiana is the #16812 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 17 recorded since 2021.
Social Security Administration records show Vaiana recorded 17 times among girls since 2021, holding rank #16812 nationally today, ahead of 3% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.
- #48,265 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,812 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 17 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vaiana ranks #48,265 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,812 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 17 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #48,265 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,812 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 17
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Vaiana's 17 recorded births place it above 33.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Vaiana compares
17 6th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Vaiana's all-time total is 95% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vaiana | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 17 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 6 | 21 | 19,840 |
Vaiana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vaiana's full recorded timeline at 2024, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2025, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vaiana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Vaiana by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (17 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Vaiana's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Vaiana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Vaiana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~4 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, 2021–2025 (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 Vaiana 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.