Girls' name · since 1968
Vanecia
164 babies named Vanecia in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1992. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,872 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
164 girls have been named Vanecia since 1968, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Vanecia has 164 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2008.
- #21,872 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 164 born since 1968
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vanecia ranks #21,872 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 164 born since 1968, peaking in the 1990s.
- #21,872 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 164
- born since 1968
- 1990s
- peak decade
Vanecia's 164 recorded births place it above 69.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Vanecia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vanecia's full recorded timeline at 1988, 57% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 43% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1968, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vanecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2008
- Peak year (1992)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Vanecia by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (67 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Vanecia's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Vanecia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 17
1970s
17 births
- 1980s
1980s
64 births
- 1990s
1990s
67 births
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 67 births (41% of all-time use).
Vanecia by state
Where Vanecia concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 3.0% |
5 of 164 births nationwide.
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What to do with Vanecia's data
- Vanecia's decade-level peak was the 1990s (67 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Vanecias (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
Names with a similar number of total births
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Vanecia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1968–2008 (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 Vanecia 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.