Girls' name · since 1955
Vanya
Vanya has 1,279 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #6,357 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,396 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,279
- born since 1955
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Vanya is the #2396 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,279 recorded since 1955.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vanya has been recorded 1,279 times among girls since 1955, currently ranked #2396 nationally and more common than 86% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2025.
- #6,357 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,396 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,279 born since 1955
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vanya ranks #6,357 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,396 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,279 born since 1955, peaking in the 2020s.
- #6,357 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,396 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,279
- born since 1955
- 2020s
- peak decade
Vanya's 1,279 recorded births place it above 91.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Vanya compares
1,279 Top 28% higher than 72% of 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
Vanya's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vanya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,279 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 83 | 21 | 19,840 |
Vanya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Vanya splits its recorded history at 1998: 84% of all births land in the more recent half, 16% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1955 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 83 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Vanya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 83
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Vanya by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (445 births, 35% of the file).
2020s was Vanya's strongest decade.
445 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Vanya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 35
1950s
35 births
- 1960s 78
1960s
78 births
- 1970s 50
1970s
50 births
- 1980s 11
1980s
11 births
- 1990s 55
1990s
55 births
- 2000s
2000s
214 births
- 2010s
2010s
391 births
- 2020s
2020s
445 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 445 births (35% of all-time use).
How Vanya compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Vanya's total volume
Vanya by state
Where Vanya concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 240 | 18.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 132 | 10.3% |
| #3 | Washington | | 19 | 1.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 15 | 1.2% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 15 | 1.2% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 13 | 1.0% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | New York | | 5 | 0.4% |
240 of 1,279 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- California records the most Vanyas (240 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Vanya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~70 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, 1955–2025 (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 Vanya 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.