Girls' name · since 2012
Vanille
Since 2012, U.S. Social Security records show 16 babies named Vanille, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #49,319 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Vanille is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 16 have been recorded since 2012.
Vanille has 16 recorded births among girls since 2012, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2012 to 2021.
- #49,319 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 16 born since 2012
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vanille ranks #49,319 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 16 born since 2012, peaking in the 2010s.
- #49,319 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 16
- born since 2012
- 2010s
- peak decade
Vanille's 16 recorded births place it above 31.73% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vanille's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vanille's full recorded timeline at 2016, 63% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 37% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2012 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vanille popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2021
- Peak year (2012)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2021.
16 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 6 births in a single year.
Vanille by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).
2010s was Vanille's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.
Vanille births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
11 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).
Vanille decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Vanille's data
- Vanille's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Vanille: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2012)
Similar record span (~9 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, 2012–2021 (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 Vanille 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.
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