Is Vanetta a boy or girl name?

Vanetta is a girl’s name. Of the 1,224 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Vanetta

Recorded 1910–1998 · United States

Vanetta was most popular in 1962, when 39 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,936 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,224 people named Vanetta.

Vanetta over time

Births per year. The dot marks Vanetta’s peak in 1962. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Vanetta a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Vanetta is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,224 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org