Girls' name · since 1950
Vania
Vania has 2,992 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,835 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,992
- born since 1950
- 2000s
- peak decade
2,992 babies have been named Vania since 1950, making it today's #2835 girls' name.
Vania has 2,992 recorded births among girls since 1950, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2835 as of the latest data, more common than 84% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2025.
- #3,609 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,835 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,992 born since 1950
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vania ranks #3,609 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,835 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,992 born since 1950, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,609 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,835 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,992
- born since 1950
- 2000s
- peak decade
Vania's 2,992 recorded births place it above 95.01% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
12 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Vania compares
2,992 Top 18% higher than 82% 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
Vania's all-time total is 8x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vania | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,992 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 153 | 21 | 19,840 |
Vania's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Vania splits its recorded history at 1994: 68% of all births land in the more recent half, 32% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1950 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 153 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Vania popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 153
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Vania by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (688 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Vania's strongest decade.
688 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Vania births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 16
1950s
16 births
- 1960s 45
1960s
45 births
- 1970s 248
1970s
248 births
- 1980s
1980s
389 births
- 1990s
1990s
599 births
- 2000s
2000s
688 births
- 2010s
2010s
671 births
- 2020s
2020s
336 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 688 births (23% of all-time use).
How Vania compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Vania's total volume
Vania by state
Where Vania concentrates geographically, total births since 1950
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 755 | 25.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 370 | 12.4% |
| #3 | New York | | 83 | 2.8% |
| #4 | Florida | | 57 | 1.9% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 45 | 1.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 27 | 0.9% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 6 | 0.2% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 6 | 0.2% |
755 of 2,992 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Vania appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Vania's data
- Vania's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (688 total births) through the 2020s (336) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Vanias (755 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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Related Names
Names with a similar popularity rank to Vania
Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Vania: 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 (~75 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, 1950–2025 (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 Vania 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.