Vanellope
Girl · vuh-NEL-uh-pee · Modern
Vanellope is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).
What does Vanellope mean?
Modern: coined for Disney's Wreck-It Ralph, apparently from vanilla + Penelope
Vanellope von Schweetz is the young racer heroine of Disney's 2012 film Wreck-It Ralph.
- Say it
- vuh-NEL-uh-pee
Is Vanellope a girl's or a boy's name?
Vanellope is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 58 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vanellope in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,895among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Vanellope, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,317th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 95 girls. It first appears in the records in 2013.
2025 had fewer girls named Vanellope than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Vanellope in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vanellope in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,895 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,775 |
| 2023 | 61 | #2,789 |
| 2022 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2021 | 73 | #2,440 |
| 2020 | 76 | #2,317 |
| 2019 | 95 | #2,011 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2017 | 47 | #3,346 |
| 2016 | 49 | #3,280 |
| 2015 | 68 | #2,619 |
| 2014 | 78 | #2,351 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,725 |
Names like Vanellope
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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