Vanny — unisex name
49 babies named Vanny in U.S. Social Security records since 1982, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
63% of everyone ever named Vanny was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Vanny in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vanny
The Social Security Administration has registered 49 babies named Vanny between 1982 and 2008, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vanny currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Vanny is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 16 additional births since 1985.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vanny performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Vanny shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vanny 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 49 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.
Vanny at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Vanny popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1982
- Peak year (1982)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
49 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 10 births in a single year.
Vanny popularity over time — boys
16 total births recorded since 1985 (Vanny as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Vanny accounts for 25% of total recorded use across both genders.
Vanny by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 31 births that decade — 63% of Vanny's all-time total
Vanny decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Vanny's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 63% of all-time use.
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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, 1982–2008 (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.