Boys' name · since 1916
Vancil
41 babies named Vancil in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,620 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
41 boys have been named Vancil since 1916, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Vancil has 41 recorded births among boys since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1929.
- #23,620 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 41 born since 1916
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vancil ranks #23,620 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 41 born since 1916, peaking in the 1920s.
- #23,620 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 41
- born since 1916
- 1920s
- peak decade
Vancil's 41 recorded births place it above 48.03% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vancil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Vancil splits its recorded history at 1924: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1916 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1919 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Vancil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1929
- Peak year (1919)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Vancil by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (24 births, 59% of the file).
1920s was Vancil's strongest decade.
24 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Vancil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
17 births
- 1920s
1920s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 24 births (59% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Vancil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~13 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, 1916–1929 (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 Vancil 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.