Vanecia — girls' name
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.
41% of everyone ever named Vanecia was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Vanecia in 1992 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vanecia
The Social Security Administration has registered 164 babies named Vanecia between 1968 and 2008, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vanecia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vanecia performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 67 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Vanecia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vanecia in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vanecia 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 164 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.
Vanecia at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vanecia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1968
- Peak year (1992)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
164 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1992 with 17 births in a single year.
Vanecia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 67 births that decade — 41% of Vanecia's all-time total
Vanecia decade highlights
- Peak decade 67 births
- Runner-up 64 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Vanecia's strongest decade
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 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.
Top 5 states
- Texas 3.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 3.0% 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, 1968–2008 (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.