Girls' name · since 1972
Vanisha
445 babies named Vanisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,708 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 445
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Vanisha sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 445 recorded since 1972.
Vanisha has 445 recorded births among girls since 1972, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2023.
- #12,708 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 445 born since 1972
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vanisha ranks #12,708 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 445 born since 1972, peaking in the 1990s.
- #12,708 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 445
- born since 1972
- 1990s
- peak decade
Vanisha's 445 recorded births place it above 82.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
Vanisha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Vanisha splits its recorded history at 1995: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1975 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1994 peak of 23 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Vanisha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2023
- Peak year (1994)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 52 years of records
Vanisha by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (156 births, 35% of the file).
1990s was Vanisha's strongest decade.
156 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Vanisha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 39
1970s
39 births
- 1980s
1980s
145 births
- 1990s
1990s
156 births
- 2000s 52
2000s
52 births
- 2010s 48
2010s
48 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 156 births (35% of all-time use).
Vanisha by state
Where Vanisha concentrates geographically, total births since 1972
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 11 | 2.5% |
11 of 445 births nationwide.
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- Vanisha's decade-level peak was the 1990s (156 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Vanishas (11 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 Vanisha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~51 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, 1972–2023 (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 Vanisha 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.