Vannak — boys' name
50 babies named Vannak in U.S. Social Security records since 1983, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
78% of everyone ever named Vannak was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Vannak in 1987 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vannak
The Social Security Administration has registered 50 babies named Vannak between 1983 and 1997, spanning 15 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vannak currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vannak performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 39 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Vannak shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vannak in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vannak 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 50 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.
Vannak at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vannak popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1983
- Peak year (1987)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 15 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
50 total births across 15 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1987 with 11 births in a single year.
Vannak by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 39 births that decade — 78% of Vannak's all-time total
Vannak decade highlights
- Peak decade 39 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Vannak's strongest decade
39 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 78% of all-time use.
Vannak by state
Where Vannak concentrates geographically — total births since 1983
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 10.0% |
5 of 50 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 10.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1983–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.