girls:
5 births since 1964
#5711 (0th percentile)
boys:
13 births since 1971
#4573 (0th percentile)
overall:
18 births since 1964
#7721 (0th percentile)
The name Vanness is the #7,721 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 18 recorded births since 1964. This represents the 0.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 0.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,573 (0.2% percentile) for all time with 13 births since 1971. For girls, it ranks #5,711 (0.1% percentile) for all time with 5 births since 1964.
Vanness first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1964 (1964 for girls and 1971 for boys). Birth data for Vanness is available in 3 out of the 49 years between 1964 and 2012 (2 years for boys and 1 years for girls). 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 Vanness has been given predominantly to boys, with 72.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2012, 100.0% of babies named Vanness were boys. Interestingly, until around 1971, the name was more popular for girls (100.0% girls from 1964 to 1970), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (100.0% boys from 1971 to 2012).
For boys, Vanness reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #897) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2012.
For girls, Vanness reached its peak popularity in 1964, achieving the 0.0% percentile (ranked #784) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1964, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1964.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Vanness".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Vanness. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 41.3% confident that Vanness is pronounced as VA-nehs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is vuh-NEHS, at 17.4% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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