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Vy

#5,711 in 2025Girls' name

Royal fern

Vy has been given to 1,326 babies in the U.S. since 1979. In 2025 it ranked #5,711 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2008, with 52 recorded.

Babies named Vy, 2025

1 in 151,000

Vy over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
020406018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vy: meaning, origin, and history

Royal fern

Chinese

What Vy means

Vy means “royal fern”.

Origin, language, and formation

Vy is used in Vietnamese. Its origins include Chinese.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Vietnamese, Vy is pronounced [vi˧˧].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,289 girls were recorded with the name Vy between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 52 in 2008; its best national rank was #2,969 in 2000.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #6,613 in 2020 to #5,711 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,117 in 2015 to #5,711 in 2025.

In the United States, 37 boys were recorded with the name Vy between 1980 and 1997. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1987; its best national rank was #6,916 in 1987.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Vy?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 151,000
22 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 73,100
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#5,711
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
104,451 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Vy sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 104,451 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Vy. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vy was born before 2004 — so the typical Vy is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
32.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
61.4%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,289
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 32.3% of all recorded uses (416).

Is Vy rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−116
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+902
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−594
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.81×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
42.3%
Peak was 2008 (52)
Years since peak
17
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.7% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,969
2000

Where Vy is used

Across 1910–2025, Vy was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 50,000 girls, against 1 in 83,451 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in 50,000
  2. 2Texas1 in 100,000
  3. 3Florida1 in —
  4. 4Georgia1 in —
  5. 5Virginia1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Vy has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Vy around the world

Where Vy ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2025
    #2,605
    in 2025
  • France
    2016–2016
    #5,979
    in 2016
  • Canada
    1994–2024
    #3,457
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1983–2013
    #818
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Vy by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,711
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 902
Best rank ever
#2,969
2000
Peak year
2008
52 that year
First recorded
1979
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,289
Count in 2025
22

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#6,916
1987
Peak year
1987
6 that year
First recorded
1980
Last recorded
1997
All-time count
37
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Vy

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Vy

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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