Vy — #5479 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Vy

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,267 babies named Vy between 1979 and 2024, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Vy currently holds the #5479 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 52 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Vy performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 416 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Vy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 323 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Vy in 5 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Vy 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 1,267 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.