Vanilla — girls' name

What the Data Says About Vanilla

The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Vanilla between 1898 and 1978, spanning 81 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vanilla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1978. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 15 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vanilla performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Vanilla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vanilla 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 199 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.