Girls' name · since 1918
Vay
Since 1918, U.S. Social Security records show 13 babies named Vay, peaking in 1918. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #51,330 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1918
- 1910s
- peak decade
Vay is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 13 have been recorded since 1918.
Vay has 13 recorded births among girls since 1918, 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 1918 to 1930.
- #51,330 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 13 born since 1918
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vay ranks #51,330 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 13 born since 1918, peaking in the 1910s.
- #51,330 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 13
- born since 1918
- 1910s
- peak decade
Vay's 13 recorded births place it above 28.96% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vay's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Vay splits its recorded history at 1930: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1930 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1918 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Vay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–1930
- Peak year (1918)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
Vay by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (7 births, 54% of the file).
1910s was Vay's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Vay births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
7 births
- 1930s
1930s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 7 births (54% of all-time use).
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- Vay's usage has stayed within range of its 1910s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 1930s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Vay: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1918–1930 (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 Vay 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.