Girls' name · since 1979
Vani
Vani has 468 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,348 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,698 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 468
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Vani currently ranks #4698 among girls' names in America, with 468 babies recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vani has been recorded 468 times among girls since 1979, currently ranked #4698 nationally and more common than 73% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2025.
- #12,348 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,698 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 468 born since 1979
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vani ranks #12,348 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,698 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 468 born since 1979, peaking in the 2010s.
- #12,348 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,698 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 468
- born since 1979
- 2010s
- peak decade
Vani's 468 recorded births place it above 82.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Vani compares
468 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Vani's all-time total is 24% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vani | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 468 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 29 | 21 | 19,840 |
Vani's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vani's full recorded timeline at 2009, 65% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 35% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1986, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 29 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vani popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 29
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Vani by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (169 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Vani's strongest decade.
169 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Vani births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 9
1970s
9 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 22
1990s
22 births
- 2000s
2000s
138 births
- 2010s
2010s
169 births
- 2020s
2020s
120 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 169 births (36% of all-time use).
Vani by state
Where Vani concentrates geographically, total births since 1979
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 20 | 4.3% |
| #2 | New Jersey | | 5 | 1.1% |
20 of 468 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Vani's data
- Vani's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (169 total births) through the 2020s (120) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Vanis (20 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Vani: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1979–2025 (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 Vani 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.