girls:
1.9k births since 1905
#3893 (32nd percentile)
boys:
59 births since 1982
#4527 (1st percentile)
overall:
2k births since 1905
#5801 (25th percentile)
The name Vanna is the #5,801 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,969 recorded births since 1905. This represents the 25.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 25.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,893 (31.9% percentile) for all time with 1,910 births since 1905. For boys, it ranks #4,527 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 59 births since 1982.
Vanna first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1905 (1905 for girls and 1982 for boys). Birth data for Vanna is available in 91 out of the 119 years between 1905 and 2023 (91 years for girls and 7 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 Vanna has been given almost exclusively to girls, with 97.0% of all recorded births being female.
For girls, Vanna reached its peak popularity in 1986, achieving the 13.0% percentile (ranked #708) with 60 births per million. The name was most common in 1986, with 60 births per million (ranked 13.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Vanna ranks #909 for girls (4.0% percentile) with 25 births per million, which is 40.9% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Vanna reached its peak popularity in 1987, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #704) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1987, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 1991.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Vanna".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Vanna. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.9% confident that Vanna is pronounced as VA-nuh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is VAH-nuh, at 9.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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