Feminine dossier · first seen 1982

Vanity

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Vanity
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1988

Peak rank proxy

116

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Millennial

1982Peak 19882024

Peak year

1988

Decline from peak

84.5%

2024

All-time

1,845

Vanity has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1988, when 116 girls were named Vanity.

In 2024, only 18 girls were given the name.

Down 84.5% from its peak.

All told, about 1,845 Americans have been named Vanity and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1982.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationMillennial

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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