Girls' name · since 2005
Vaniyah
Since 2005, U.S. Social Security records show 120 babies named Vaniyah, peaking in 2011. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #25,157 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,110 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
120 babies have been named Vaniyah since 2005, making it today's #16110 girls' name.
Vaniyah has 120 recorded births among girls since 2005, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #16110 as of the latest data, more common than 7% of girls, 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 2005 to 2025.
- #25,157 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #16,110 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 120 born since 2005
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vaniyah ranks #25,157 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #16,110 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 120 born since 2005, peaking in the 2010s.
- #25,157 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #16,110 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 120
- born since 2005
- 2010s
- peak decade
Vaniyah's 120 recorded births place it above 65.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Vaniyah compares
120 28th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Vaniyah's all-time total is 68% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vaniyah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 120 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Vaniyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Vaniyah's SSA record in two at 2013 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2018, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2011 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Vaniyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–2025
- Peak year (2011)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 21 years of records
Vaniyah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (65 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Vaniyah's strongest decade.
65 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Vaniyah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
65 births
- 2020s 18
2020s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 65 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Vaniyah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (65 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Vaniyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2011)
Similar record span (~20 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, 2005–2025 (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 Vaniyah 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.