girls:
44 births since 1900
#5672 (1st percentile)
boys:
21 births since 2012
#4565 (0th percentile)
overall:
65 births since 1900
#7674 (1st percentile)
The name Vader is the #7,674 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 65 recorded births since 1900. This represents the 0.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,672 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 44 births since 1900. For boys, it ranks #4,565 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 21 births since 2012.
Vader first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1900 (1900 for girls and 2012 for boys). Birth data for Vader is available in 12 out of the 124 years between 1900 and 2023 (8 years for girls and 4 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Vader has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for girls (67.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Vader were girls. Interestingly, until around 2012, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1900 to 2011), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 2012 to 2023).
For girls, Vader reached its peak popularity in 1915, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #557) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1905, with 16 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1925.
For boys, Vader reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 0.1% percentile (ranked #923) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.1% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for boys has remained relatively stable. Currently, Vader ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 85.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Vader".
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