Girls' name · since 2010
Vaya
144 babies named Vaya in U.S. Social Security records since 2010, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,242 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,681 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 144
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Vaya currently ranks #10681 among girls' names in America, with 144 babies recorded since 2010.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vaya has been recorded 144 times among girls since 2010, currently ranked #10681 nationally and more common than 38% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2010 to 2025.
- #23,242 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,681 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 144 born since 2010
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vaya ranks #23,242 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,681 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 144 born since 2010, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,242 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,681 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 144
- born since 2010
- 2010s
- peak decade
Vaya's 144 recorded births place it above 67.86% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Vaya compares
144 31st percentile among 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
Vaya's all-time total is 62% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Vaya | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 144 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 21 | 19,840 |
Vaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Vaya's SSA record in two at 2018 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2016, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2023 peak of 18, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Vaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Vaya by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (72 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Vaya's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Vaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
72 births
- 2020s
2020s
72 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 72 births (50% of all-time use).
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What to do with Vaya's data
- Vaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (72 total births) through the 2020s (72) -- 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 Vaya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2023)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2010–2025 (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 Vaya 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.