Recorded 2002–2023 Girls' name Peak 2007 108 births

Vinaya — girls' name

108 babies named Vinaya in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s432010s472020s18
2010s
Peak decade

44% of everyone ever named Vinaya was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

10 babies were named Vinaya in 2007 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Vinaya

The Social Security Administration has registered 108 babies named Vinaya between 2002 and 2023, spanning 22 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vinaya currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vinaya performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 47 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Vinaya shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vinaya 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 108 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.

Vinaya at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

108

Since 2002

22 years of records

Peak year

2007

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

2002

Recorded for 22 years

Last year on file: 2023

Vinaya popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–2002

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2007)
10
Annual births at peak — across 22 years of records
4681012 202320212015201320112009200720042002 7

Vinaya by decade

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

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
47 births that decade — 44% of Vinaya's all-time total
2000s432010s472020s18

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Vinaya?
108 babies have been named Vinaya since 2002. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2007 with 10 births.
When was Vinaya most popular?
Vinaya was most popular in the 2010s decade with 47 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
How long has the name Vinaya been used?
Vinaya has been recorded in Social Security data since 2002, spanning 22 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Vinaya?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Vina, Vincenza, Vinnie, Vincent, 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, 2002–2023 (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.