Vanya

“Variant of Ivan — God is gracious” — Hebrew via Greek and Slavic origin

Girl's name · #2408 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Vanya is near its high-water mark: it reached #2194 in 2020 and still ranked #2408 in 2025. About 1,300 girls have carried it since 1955. Together with its spelling variant Vania (#2858), Vanya would rank around #1561 with about 140 births last year — the newborns split about 56/44 between Vanya and Vania.

Around the world: about 1 in 8,600 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 13,000 girls in England & Wales (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 4 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Vanyas

Vanya Dermendzhieva — Olympic medalist in basketball
Vanya Mishra — Indian model
Vanya Petkova — Bulgarian poet
Vanya Shtereva — Bulgarian singer
Vanya Kewley — British journalist and documentary film-maker (1937-2012)

In stories & tradition

Vanya Hargreeves — The Umbrella Academy

What Vanyas become

Among 47 notable people named Vanya:

Entertainers appear 2.61× more often than among typical names — e.g. Vanya Mishra, Indian model.

Similar names: Vania · Andromeda · Vanna · Haniya · Dawson · Halia

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