Vana — #13555 US girls' name
545 babies named Vana in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1948. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to girls today.
25% of everyone ever named Vana was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Vana in 1948 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vana
The Social Security Administration has registered 545 babies named Vana between 1917 and 2024, spanning 108 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vana currently holds the #13555 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1948, when 22 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vana performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 138 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Vana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 21 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vana in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 545 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Vana at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Vana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1917
- Peak year (1948)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 108 years of records
Currently ranks #13555 among girls.
545 total births across 108 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1948 with 22 births in a single year.
Vana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 138 births that decade — 25% of Vana's all-time total
Vana decade highlights
- Peak decade 138 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Vana's strongest decade
138 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Vana by state
Where Vana concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 21 | 3.9% |
21 of 545 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 3.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.