Girls' name · since 2012
Vaila
Vaila has 76 recorded births since 2012 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #30,272 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,790 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Vaila is the #6790 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 76 recorded since 2012.
Social Security Administration records show Vaila recorded 76 times among girls since 2012, holding rank #6790 nationally today, ahead of 61% 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 2012 to 2025.
- #30,272 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,790 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 76 born since 2012
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vaila ranks #30,272 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,790 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 76 born since 2012, peaking in the 2020s.
- #30,272 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,790 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 2012
- 2020s
- peak decade
Vaila's 76 recorded births place it above 58.14% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Vaila compares
76 21st 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
Vaila's all-time total is 80% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vaila | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 76 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Vaila's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Vaila's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 62% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 38%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Vaila popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Vaila by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (56 births, 74% of the file).
2020s was Vaila's strongest decade.
56 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Vaila births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 20
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
56 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 56 births (74% of all-time use).
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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, 2012–2025 (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 Vaila 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.