Vann
Vann was given to 24 boys in 2025, #4,378 among boys’ names; 2,081 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,580 Americans named Vann and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 24 years old and half are between 13 and 59.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vann by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vann mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Vann is “a male given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vann?
#4,378 among boys’ names, 2025
Vann fell from #3,507 in 2015 to #4,378 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 16.7 to 14.1 per million.
58 babies in 2009, the peak
Vann peaked in 2009, when 58 boys were given it, #2,282 among boys’ names. The 24 births of 2025 are 41% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 24 | #4,378 | 14.1 |
| 2024 | 19 | #5,222 | 11.0 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,728 | 12.9 |
| 2022 | 33 | #3,525 | 18.9 |
| 2021 | 34 | #3,417 | 19.4 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,646 | 17.4 |
| 2019 | 39 | #3,096 | 21.7 |
| 2018 | 30 | #3,696 | 16.5 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,731 | 11.3 |
| 2016 | 36 | #3,223 | 19.0 |
Every recorded year (114)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 32 | #3,507 | 16.7 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,292 | 17.7 |
| 2013 | 45 | #2,663 | 23.8 |
| 2012 | 56 | #2,321 | 29.5 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,039 | 20.0 |
| 2010 | 45 | #2,725 | 23.5 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,282 | 29.2 |
| 2008 | 46 | #2,714 | 22.5 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,808 | 20.7 |
| 2006 | 40 | #2,873 | 19.5 |
| 2005 | 23 | #4,049 | 11.5 |
| 2004 | 19 | #4,587 | 9.6 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,355 | 14.2 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,496 | 5.7 |
| 2001 | 9 | #7,488 | 4.6 |
| 2000 | 12 | #5,887 | 6.1 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,298 | 6.8 |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,801 | 4.7 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,228 | 8.5 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,512 | 5.8 |
| 1995 | 12 | #5,100 | 6.3 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,517 | 7.2 |
| 1993 | 13 | #4,675 | 6.6 |
| 1992 | 15 | #4,095 | 7.5 |
| 1991 | 11 | #5,075 | 5.4 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,785 | 4.4 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,793 | 5.5 |
| 1988 | 6 | #7,220 | 3.1 |
| 1987 | 14 | #3,504 | 7.5 |
| 1986 | 13 | #3,640 | 7.1 |
| 1985 | 16 | #3,061 | 8.7 |
| 1984 | 11 | #3,908 | 6.1 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,867 | 6.1 |
| 1982 | 7 | #5,596 | 3.9 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,591 | 6.7 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,246 | 7.8 |
| 1979 | 8 | #4,824 | 4.6 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,839 | 6.1 |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,824 | 6.1 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,397 | 5.1 |
| 1975 | 8 | #4,295 | 5.1 |
| 1974 | 7 | #4,612 | 4.5 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,211 | 7.1 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,412 | 9.9 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,807 | 7.4 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,286 | 9.1 |
| 1969 | 22 | #1,806 | 12.3 |
| 1968 | 15 | #2,190 | 8.6 |
| 1967 | 18 | #1,901 | 10.3 |
| 1966 | 16 | #2,035 | 9.0 |
| 1965 | 19 | #1,852 | 10.2 |
| 1964 | 25 | #1,611 | 12.5 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,896 | 9.4 |
| 1962 | 28 | #1,513 | 13.5 |
| 1961 | 26 | #1,599 | 12.2 |
| 1960 | 22 | #1,766 | 10.3 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,861 | 9.4 |
| 1958 | 23 | #1,675 | 10.8 |
| 1957 | 32 | #1,408 | 14.8 |
| 1956 | 23 | #1,674 | 10.9 |
| 1955 | 27 | #1,500 | 13.1 |
| 1954 | 27 | #1,494 | 13.2 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,589 | 12.2 |
| 1952 | 18 | #1,851 | 9.3 |
| 1951 | 16 | #1,965 | 8.5 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,809 | 10.1 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,346 | 16.9 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,700 | 11.4 |
| 1947 | 22 | #1,642 | 12.0 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,471 | 14.8 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,373 | 17.8 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,623 | 13.9 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,175 | 9.1 |
| 1942 | 15 | #1,940 | 10.9 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,080 | 10.6 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,440 | 5.2 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,467 | 5.4 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,156 | 6.3 |
| 1937 | 14 | #1,985 | 13.1 |
| 1936 | 16 | #1,794 | 15.4 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,521 | 9.6 |
| 1934 | 12 | #2,257 | 11.6 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,528 | 10.1 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,453 | 10.5 |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,204 | 12.5 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,573 | 6.4 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,191 | 13.0 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,515 | 10.8 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,898 | 8.9 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,712 | 9.9 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,308 | 12.5 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,918 | 4.4 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,203 | 5.5 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,232 | 8.3 |
| 1921 | 13 | #2,494 | 11.8 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,190 | 8.5 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,718 | 7.1 |
| 1918 | 9 | #3,084 | 8.9 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,529 | 7.6 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,858 | 6.7 |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,368 | 8.2 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,727 | 7.6 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,823 | 25.7 |
| 1880 | 5 | #1,049 | 45.3 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Vann a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 2,081 Americans recorded as Vann, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 24 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Vann: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vann, and how old are they?
1,580 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 2,081 Americans ever recorded as Vann. The median Vann alive today is 24 years old; half are between 13 and 59.
The 2020 Census counted 1,631 people named Vann (183 women and girls, 1,448 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,516 born in the U.S. The Census count is 8% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 48 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 309 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 190 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 177 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 460 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 396 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Vann born?
The states with the most babies named Vann are North Carolina, California and Texas, with 82% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | 166 | not ranked | 2.6× |
| California | 39 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Texas | 19 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Alabama | 16 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Florida | 16 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 12 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Virginia | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Vann is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vann is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1910 it was given 2.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Vann with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 33,710 babies since 1880, Vann is the second most given (6.2% of them). In 2025 it was given to 24 of their 281 babies (8.5%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Vann
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Vann and names like it
- Compare Vann and VanBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2000sVann peaked in 2009.
- North Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vann since 1910.
- The top names of 2009The year the most babies were named Vann.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Vann alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with VMost given first.