Vaniah
This article contains persons named in the Bible, specifically in the Hebrew Bible, of minor notability, about whom little or nothing is known, aside from some family connections. Here are the names which start with L-Z.
Meaning & Origin of Vaniah
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
This article contains persons named in the Bible, specifically in the Hebrew Bible, of minor notability, about whom little or nothing is known, aside from some family connections. Here are the names which start with L-Z.
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The Story of Vaniah
The earliest SSA record of Vaniah as a baby girl name dates back to 1997, when 6 babies received it. 2007 was its biggest year on record, with 10 newborns named Vaniah — #10,817 in the national rankings. About 50% of every Vaniah on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Vaniah last appeared in the published SSA data in 2018, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 80 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Vaniah
Vaniah is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 80 births in the dataset. Vaniah's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #10,817. Use the chart and map above to compare Vaniah's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.