Vy

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · Last seen for boys in 1997 at #9,265
Given to girls 97.2% of the time

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Peak · girls
#2,940
2000 · 48 births
Debut · girls
1979
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,289
since 1979

Vy over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Vy has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201991peak #2,940, 2000girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2025#5,55422—
2024#5,44323—
2023#4,74628—
2022#5,46523—
2021#6,17419—
2020#6,32518—
2019#5,79821—
2018#5,15225—
2017#5,51723—
2016#4,73429—
2015#4,98127—
2014#4,26934—
2013#5,48624—
2012#3,71142—
2011#4,56831—
2010#4,30634—
2009#4,10737—
2008#3,22252—
2007#3,78642—
2006#4,81129—
2005#3,87637—
2004#3,03351—
2003#3,34743—
2002#4,17930—
2001#3,00947—
2000#2,94048—
1999#3,44336—
1998#4,95521—
1997#4,66022#9,2655
1996#4,30624—
1995#4,84620#7,7926
1994#3,61530—
1993#3,68129—
1992#3,96826—
1991#4,32923—
1990#4,12024#8,1175
1989#4,67019—
1988#4,84017#7,2705
1987#4,12220#6,0896
1986#3,75722—
1985#3,41925—
1984#3,72621—
1983#3,34024—
1982#3,64722—
1981#4,16218#6,2625
1980—#6,2505
1979#8,0617—
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First appearance
1979

The first year at least five girls were named Vy! It came in at #8,061, and was given to 7 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1980, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Vy is popular in 1991

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,890 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 23,775 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Vy, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. California#1,890 · 1 in 23,775

Best ever in a state: #1,087 in Virginia, 2005.

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See more about Vy
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 111 spots since 2024 (#5,443 → #5,554)
  • 771 spots since 2020 (#6,325 → #5,554)
  • 573 spots since 2015 (#4,981 → #5,554)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1979
  • Peaked 2000 at #2,940 (48 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 13 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 36,005
  • Highest: 1 in 36,005 girls born in 2004 were named Vy (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 73,058 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,940 in 2000, was only 1 in 37,834 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 32.3% of all girls named Vy (416) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s7#8,061 (1979)#8,061
1980s188#3,340 (1983)#3,965
1990s255#3,443 (1999)#4,192
2000s416#2,940 (2000)#3,631
2010s290#3,711 (2012)#4,852
2020s133#4,746 (2023)#5,618

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Vy in 1991

girls
#4,329
23 births · 1 in 81,522 girls

Top girls' names in 1991

  1. #1Ashley43,477
  2. #2Jessica43,398
  3. #3Brittany29,093
  4. #4Amanda28,896
  5. #5Samantha25,651
  6. #6Sarah25,233
  7. #7Stephanie22,775
  8. #8Jennifer20,673
  9. #9Elizabeth20,395
  10. #10Emily20,311
  11. #4,329Vy23
More about 1991

girls

1,875,007 girls got a published name in 1991; 1 in 81,522 of them was named Vy, which outranked 72.0% of the 15,466 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vy
  1. #4,208Whitni24
  2. #4,208Whitnie24
  3. #4,208Zaneta24
  4. #4,329Vy23
  5. #4,329Abria23
  6. #4,329Abrianna23
  7. #4,329Adelle23
  8. #4,497Adelyn22
  9. #4,497Aisling22
  10. #4,497Alaine22

Tied with 167 names at #4,329; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1990
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,600Rebeccah#2,600 → #1,000
  2. ↑ 1,221Ieshia#1,938 → #717
  3. ↑ 1,135Miriah#2,081 → #946
  4. ↑ 861Alexus#1,813 → #952
  5. ↑ 676Chynna#1,512 → #836
Fallers
  1. ↓ 568Infant#432 → #1,000
  2. ↓ 510Lakeshia#897 → #1,407
  3. ↓ 466Latifah#701 → #1,167
  4. ↓ 432Martika#757 → #1,189
  5. ↓ 416Cecily#575 → #991

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1991 →