Girls' name · since 1939
Vanette
Since 1939, U.S. Social Security records show 292 babies named Vanette, peaking in 1961. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 292
- born since 1939
- 1960s
- peak decade
Vanette is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 292 have been recorded since 1939.
Vanette has 292 recorded births among girls since 1939, 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 1939 to 1990.
- #16,155 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 292 born since 1939
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vanette ranks #16,155 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 292 born since 1939, peaking in the 1960s.
- #16,155 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 292
- born since 1939
- 1960s
- peak decade
Vanette's 292 recorded births place it above 77.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vanette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Vanette splits its recorded history at 1963: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1939 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1961 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Vanette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–1990
- Peak year (1961)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Vanette by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (128 births, 44% of the file).
1960s was Vanette's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 44% of all-time use.
Vanette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s 18
1940s
18 births
- 1950s
1950s
83 births
- 1960s
1960s
128 births
- 1970s 37
1970s
37 births
- 1980s 16
1980s
16 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 128 births (44% of all-time use).
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- Vanette's decade-level peak was the 1960s (128 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- 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 Vanette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1961)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1939–1990 (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 Vanette 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.