Girls' name · since 1996
Vanely
Since 1996, U.S. Social Security records show 29 babies named Vanely, peaking in 2007. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #41,541 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1996
- 1990s
- peak decade
29 girls have been named Vanely since 1996, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Vanely has 29 recorded births among girls since 1996, 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 1996 to 2018.
- #41,541 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 29 born since 1996
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vanely ranks #41,541 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 29 born since 1996, peaking in the 1990s.
- #41,541 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 29
- born since 1996
- 1990s
- peak decade
Vanely's 29 recorded births place it above 42.52% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vanely's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vanely's full recorded timeline at 2007, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2018, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vanely popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2018
- Peak year (2007)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Vanely by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (14 births, 48% of the file).
1990s was Vanely's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Vanely births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
14 births
- 2000s
2000s
10 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 14 births (48% of all-time use).
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- Vanely's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (14 total births) through the 2010s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Vanely: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1996–2018 (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 Vanely 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.