Vanity — #6461 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Vanity

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,845 babies named Vanity between 1982 and 2024, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vanity currently holds the #6461 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 116 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vanity performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 592 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Vanity shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 285 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Vanity in 17 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vanity 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 1,845 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.