Vanice — girls' name
161 babies named Vanice in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 1939. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
24% of everyone ever named Vanice was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Vanice in 1939 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vanice
The Social Security Administration has registered 161 babies named Vanice between 1920 and 1990, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vanice currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1939, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vanice performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Vanice shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vanice 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 161 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.
Vanice at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vanice popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1920
- Peak year (1939)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 71 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
161 total births across 71 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1939 with 9 births in a single year.
Vanice by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 38 births that decade — 24% of Vanice's all-time total
Vanice decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 35 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Vanice's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
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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, 1920–1990 (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.