Vania
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VAHN-yuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,822 for girls
Vania is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 2,822nd for girls in the US (60 babies).
What does Vania mean?
Hebrew: probably a pet form of Ivana or Giovanna, feminine forms of John
Vania is a common girl's name in Brazil and Portugal; in Russian, Vanya is a boy's pet form of Ivan.
Is Vania a girl's or a boy's name?
Vania is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 60 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vania in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 86% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Vania, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2008, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Vania in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Vania in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,766 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,663 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 2 | #5,472 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 1 | #5,152 |
How popular is Vania in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,822nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 60 about 1 in 27,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 17% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 60 girls in the US were named Vania, making it the 2,822nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,890th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 153 girls. It first appears in the records in 1950.
Half of all the girls named Vania in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 73 girls in the US were given Vania or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,087, up from #2,822 for this spelling alone.
- Vania 60
- Vannia 13
Vania in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 60 | #2,822 |
| 2024 | 59 | #2,819 |
| 2023 | 44 | #3,524 |
| 2022 | 57 | #2,928 |
| 2021 | 60 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 56 | #2,890 |
| 2019 | 79 | #2,285 |
| 2018 | 62 | #2,743 |
| 2017 | 78 | #2,338 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,697 |
| 2015 | 62 | #2,810 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,841 |
| 2013 | 76 | #2,385 |
| 2012 | 66 | #2,679 |
| 2011 | 63 | #2,762 |
| 2010 | 61 | #2,840 |
| 2009 | 72 | #2,567 |
| 2008 | 99 | #2,062 |
| 2007 | 153 | #1,510 |
| 2006 | 72 | #2,538 |
| 2005 | 67 | #2,549 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 41 | #3,468 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,972 |
| 2001 | 46 | #3,042 |
| 2000 | 43 | #3,165 |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,468 |
| 1998 | 44 | #2,926 |
| 1997 | 63 | #2,171 |
| 1996 | 58 | #2,279 |
| 1995 | 52 | #2,451 |
| 1994 | 58 | #2,250 |
| 1993 | 62 | #2,147 |
| 1992 | 85 | #1,736 |
| 1991 | 69 | #1,990 |
| 1990 | 50 | #2,432 |
| 1989 | 61 | #2,049 |
| 1988 | 77 | #1,670 |
| 1987 | 53 | #2,064 |
| 1986 | 51 | #2,078 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 32 | #2,780 |
| 1983 | 30 | #2,852 |
| 1982 | 23 | #3,529 |
| 1981 | 26 | #3,253 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 25 | #3,236 |
| 1978 | 30 | #2,741 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,406 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,357 |
| 1974 | 26 | #2,757 |
| 1973 | 26 | #2,689 |
| 1972 | 26 | #2,680 |
| 1971 | 23 | #2,955 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 14 | #3,773 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
Names like Vania
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Mia, Anya, Ava, Gia, Talia, Raya, Aria, Sophia, Maya, Maryam, Eliana, Zara
Other spellings of Vania
Names related to Vania
Vaani, Vanya, Vihana, Viana, Viyana, Vianna, Vani, Vinaya, Vanna
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Vania: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vania, updated 20 October 2026.