How Many People Are Named Vanity?
An estimated 1,790 people in the United States have the first name Vanity. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 27 years old, and Vanity peaked in popularity in 1988 with 116 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Vanity as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Vanity paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
1,790
About 1 in 191,483 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
27
years old
Peak Year
1988
116 births
Total Registered
1,845
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Vanity
Vanity is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,845 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Vanity as a female name
Ranked #6,592 in 2024
18 female births in 2024
Peak: 1988 (116 births)
Vanity: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Vanity span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 592 babies were registered. Vanity has declined significantly from its peak in the 1980s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Vanity by Decade
How has Vanity tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Vanity by State
Birth registrations for Vanity span all 17 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Texas, California, New York. The lowest are in Washington, Ohio, Missouri. On average, about 49 Vanitys were registered per state.
Vanity + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Vanity as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Vanity
Other first names starting with V with a similar number of bearers.
Vanity: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Vanity?
We estimate approximately 1,790 people named Vanity are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 191,483 Americans share this first name.
Is Vanity a common name?
Vanity is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 93.3% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,845 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Vanity most popular?
Vanity reached peak popularity in 1988, when 116 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Vanity is approximately 27 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Vanity a female name?
Vanity is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Vanity Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Vanity Smith, Vanity Johnson, Vanity Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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