Vanya
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VAHN-ya
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,642 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,387 for girls
Vanya is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “of the forest”. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 2,387th for girls in the US (75 babies).
What does Vanya mean?
Sanskrit: Sanskrit vanya; also a Russian pet form of Ivan
“of the forest”
In Sanskrit vanya means 'of the forest'; in Russian, Vanya is a boys' pet form of Ivan, as in Chekhov's Uncle Vanya.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Vanya a girl's or a boy's name?
Vanya is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 75 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vanya in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,642among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 140% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Vanya, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Vanya of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Vanya in the UK since 1996 were born between 2013 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 33 girls in the UK were given Vanya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #977, up from #1,642 for this spelling alone.
- Vanya 19
- Vaanya 14
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.
Vanya in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,953 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 8 | #3,050 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,738 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 4 | #5,058 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 5 | #4,065 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Vanya in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,387among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 75about 1 in 21,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 75 girls in the US were named Vanya, making it the 2,387th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,170th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 83 girls. It first appears in the records in 1955.
Half of all the girls named Vanya in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 107 girls in the US were given Vanya or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,620, up from #2,387 for this spelling alone.
- Vanya 75
- Vaanya 32
Vanya in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 75 | #2,387 |
| 2024 | 67 | #2,607 |
| 2023 | 59 | #2,852 |
| 2022 | 81 | #2,295 |
| 2021 | 80 | #2,286 |
| 2020 | 83 | #2,170 |
| 2019 | 72 | #2,451 |
| 2018 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2017 | 49 | #3,247 |
| 2016 | 44 | #3,523 |
| 2015 | 34 | #4,231 |
| 2014 | 28 | #4,890 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 38 | #3,987 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 26 | #5,377 |
| 2008 | 17 | #7,404 |
| 2007 | 34 | #4,379 |
| 2006 | 32 | #4,462 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 8 | #10,116 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 8 | #9,483 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 5 | #10,417 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 8 | #6,609 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 13 | #3,957 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 13 | #3,548 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,102 |
| 1957 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
Names like Vanya
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aadhya Navya Arya Viha Prisha Aarya Aavya Kavya Vaani Saanvi Dhriti Priya
Other spellings of Vanya
Names related to Vanya
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Avyaan Ishaan Siya Leena Shivansh
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, “Vanya: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vanya, updated 20 October 2026.