Recorded 1996–2018 Girls' name Peak 2007 29 births

Vanely — girls' name

29 babies named Vanely in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s142000s102010s5
1990s
Peak decade

48% of everyone ever named Vanely was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

10 babies were named Vanely in 2007 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Vanely

The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Vanely between 1996 and 2018, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vanely currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vanely performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Vanely shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vanely 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 29 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.

Vanely at a glance

Last recorded 2018

Total births

29

Since 1996

23 years of records

Peak year

2007

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2018

Active since

1996

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2018

Vanely popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1996

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2007)
10
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
4681012 2018200719971996 7

Vanely by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
14 births that decade — 48% of Vanely's all-time total
1990s142000s102010s5

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Vanely?
29 babies have been named Vanely since 1996. It was last recorded in 2018. The peak year was 2007 with 10 births.
When was Vanely most popular?
Vanely was most popular in the 1990s decade with 14 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
How long has the name Vanely been used?
Vanely has been recorded in Social Security data since 1996, spanning 23 years of data through 2018.
What names are similar to Vanely?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Vanessa, Vanesa, Vannessa, Vania, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1996–2018 (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.