Recorded 2013–2023 Girls' name Peak 2015 51 births

Vayah — girls' name

51 babies named Vayah in U.S. Social Security records since 2013, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2010s322020s19
2010s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Vayah was born in this single decade.

2015
Single peak year

8 babies were named Vayah in 2015 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Vayah

The Social Security Administration has registered 51 babies named Vayah between 2013 and 2023, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vayah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vayah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Vayah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vayah 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 51 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.

Vayah at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

51

Since 2013

11 years of records

Peak year

2015

8 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2013

Recorded for 11 years

Last year on file: 2023

Vayah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2013

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2015)
8
Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
456789 20232022202120182017201520142013 5

Vayah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
32 births that decade — 63% of Vayah's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Vayah?
51 babies have been named Vayah since 2013. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2015 with 8 births.
When was Vayah most popular?
Vayah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 32 total births. The single peak year was 2015.
How long has the name Vayah been used?
Vayah has been recorded in Social Security data since 2013, spanning 11 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Vayah?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Vayda, Vayla, Vaya, Vayolet, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 2013–2023 (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.