How rare is the name Vy?

5,460 people in the United States have the first name Vy, about 1 in 55,317. It ranks #3,710 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

VY

#3,710

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,460
About
1 in 55,317
This common or more
82.9%
Who bears it

Of the 5,460 people named Vy, 97.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.5% as White. 87.9% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vy peaked in 2008, when 52 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19792025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
52
In 2025*
22 ▼58%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,326 babies have been given the name since 1979. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Vy by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #6,087. The largest share of babies named Vy, 45.8%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1970s#22,3077
1980s#6,202209
1990s#6,467271
2000s#6,087416
2010s#8,198290
2020s#9,612133
Generation X 1965–800.9%
Millennials 1981–9629.5%
Generation Z 1997–1245.8%
2013 and later23.8%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Vy

#3,708 Xzavier · 5,467#3,709 Feliciano · 5,465#3,711 Jordin · 5,459#3,712 Ashely · 5,455

Also a last name

As a last name, Vy ranks #40,393 of 156,621, with 585 people. See Vy as a last name

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