Vuk — #6373 US boys' name
239 babies named Vuk in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Vuk was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Vuk in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Vuk
The Social Security Administration has registered 239 babies named Vuk between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Vuk currently holds the #6373 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 24 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Vuk performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 115 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Vuk shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Vuk in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Vuk 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 239 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.
Vuk at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Vuk popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2020)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #6373 among boys.
239 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 24 births in a single year.
Vuk by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 115 births that decade — 48% of Vuk's all-time total
Vuk decade highlights
- Peak decade 115 births
- Runner-up 91 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Vuk's strongest decade
115 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Vuk by state
Where Vuk concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 33 | 13.8% |
33 of 239 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 13.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 13.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 2005–2024 (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.