# Vann (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vann/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,081 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,057 / 24 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1951 | 5 | 6,172 |
| 1952 | 8 | 4,464 |
| 1961 | 6 | 6,534 |
| 1974 | 5 | 10,196 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 38 | 3,040 |
| 2012 | 56 | 2,322 |
| 2013 | 45 | 2,665 |
| 2014 | 34 | 3,294 |
| 2015 | 32 | 3,508 |
| 2016 | 36 | 3,224 |
| 2017 | 21 | 4,735 |
| 2018 | 30 | 3,700 |
| 2019 | 39 | 3,099 |
| 2020 | 30 | 3,649 |
| 2021 | 34 | 3,420 |
| 2022 | 33 | 3,527 |
| 2023 | 22 | 4,732 |
| 2024 | 19 | 5,226 |
| 2025 | 24 | 4,379 |

## People named Vann

- Vann Nath, Cambodian writer and sculptor (1946-2011)
- C. Vann Woodward, American historian (1908-1999)
- James Vann Johnston, Jr., Catholic bishop

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.