Girls' name · since 1911
Vandora
82 babies named Vandora in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1960. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,420 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1911
- 1960s
- peak decade
Vandora is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 82 have been recorded since 1911.
Vandora has 82 recorded births among girls since 1911, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 1970.
- #29,420 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 82 born since 1911
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vandora ranks #29,420 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 82 born since 1911, peaking in the 1960s.
- #29,420 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 82
- born since 1911
- 1960s
- peak decade
Vandora's 82 recorded births place it above 59.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vandora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Vandora's SSA record in two at 1959 and the more recent half accounts for 60% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 40%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1911, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1960 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Vandora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–1970
- Peak year (1960)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 60 years of records
Vandora by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (38 births, 46% of the file).
1960s was Vandora's strongest decade.
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Vandora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
18 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s
1960s
38 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 38 births (46% of all-time use).
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- Vandora's decade-level peak was the 1960s (38 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1970s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Vandora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1960)
Similar record span (~59 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, 1911–1970 (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 Vandora 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.