Vandana — girls' name
97 babies named Vandana in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Vandana was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Vandana in 2000 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vandana
The Social Security Administration has registered 97 babies named Vandana between 1972 and 2015, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vandana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vandana performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 34 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Vandana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vandana 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 97 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.
Vandana at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vandana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1972
- Peak year (2000)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 44 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
97 total births across 44 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2000 with 10 births in a single year.
Vandana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 34 births that decade — 35% of Vandana's all-time total
Vandana decade highlights
- Peak decade 34 births
- Runner-up 24 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Vandana's strongest decade
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
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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, 1972–2015 (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.