Vandy
- Last seen for girls in 1989 at #9,681
- Last seen for boys in 1994 at #6,372
- Given to boys 60.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1950 · 13 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 299since 1915
Vandy over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
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| 1991 | — | #8,236 | 5 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #6,229 | 7 |
| 1988 | — | #4,162 | 11 | |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
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| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #6,888 | 9 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | — | #5,468 | 6 | |
| 1980 | #6,319 | 10 | — | |
| 1979 | — | #6,056 | 5 | |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | — | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,776 | 9 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | — | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #3,344 | 9 |
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| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | — | |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #4,494 | 9 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,293 | 15 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | — | #3,619 | 6 | |
| 1958 | #4,193 | 9 | #3,033 | 8 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #4,467 | 8 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #2,964 | 8 |
| 1954 | — | #2,942 | 8 | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | #2,875 | 8 | |
| 1951 | — | #3,364 | 6 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,111 | 13 | |
| 1949 | — | #3,019 | 7 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,326 | 11 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,862 | 7 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | #3,505 | 5 | |
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| 1938 | — | #2,646 | 8 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
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| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #3,217 | 7 | |
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| 1915 | — | #3,825 | 5 | |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Vandy! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Vandy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Vandy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Vandy
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1994
Rise & fade · boys
35 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1950 at #2,111 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 132,212
- Highest: 1 in 132,212 boys born in 1917 were named Vandy (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 241,504 boys born in 1994 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #2,111 in 1950, was only 1 in 137,712 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 22.7% of all boys named Vandy (68) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
- Mostly girls until 1989, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 19 | #3,217 (1917) | #3,470 |
| 1920s | 8 | #3,208 (1920) | #3,208 |
| 1930s | 8 | #2,646 (1938) | #2,646 |
| 1940s | 57 | #2,326 (1948) | #2,966 |
| 1950s | 68 | #2,111 (1950) | #3,160 |
| 1960s | 52 | #3,097 (1961) | #3,493 |
| 1970s | 27 | #3,344 (1972) | #4,698 |
| 1980s | 40 | #4,162 (1988) | #5,780 |
| 1990s | 20 | #6,372 (1994) | #7,008 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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