Is Vanity a boy or girl name?

Vanity is a girl’s name. Of the 1,858 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Vanity

Recorded 1982–2025 · United States

Vanity was most popular in 1988, when 116 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,088 that year. In 2025 it ranked #13,540, with 13 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,858 people named Vanity.

Vanity over time

Births per year. The dot marks Vanity’s peak in 1988. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Vanity a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Vanity is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,858 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% 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.

Names that peaked alongside Vanity

Where Vanity is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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