Girls' name · since 1913

Vava

11 babies named Vava in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1914. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#54,371 of 72,339
all-time among girls
11
born since 1913
1910s
peak decade

11 girls have been named Vava since 1913, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.

Vava has 11 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1910s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1914.

  • #54,371 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 11 born since 1913
  • 1910s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vava ranks #54,371 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1913, peaking in the 1910s.

#54,371 of 72,339
all-time among girls
11
born since 1913
1910s
peak decade
Rare archive record
All-time archive position

Vava's 11 recorded births place it above 24.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Vava's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Vava's SSA record in two at 1914 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1913, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1914 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Vava popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1914

Last recorded 1914
Peak year (1914)
6
Annual births at peak, across 2 years of records
4.555.566.5 19131914 6

Vava by decade

1910s is the heaviest window (11 births, 100% of the file).

1910s was Vava's strongest decade.

11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Vava births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1910s at 11 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Vava?
11 babies have been named Vava since 1913. All-time, it sits at #54,371 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 1914. The peak year was 1914 with 6 births.
Where does Vava sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vava ranks #54,371 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Vava most popular?
Vava was most popular in the 1910s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 1914.
How long has the name Vava been used?
The SSA has tracked Vava since 1913 -- 2 years through the most recent 1914 data.

Keep exploring Vava

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Two nationwide peer axes for Vava: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1913–1914 (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 Vava 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.