Vy
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VEE
- Origin
- Vietnamese
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,675 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,553 for girls
Vy is a girls' name of Vietnamese origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,675th for girls in the UK (10 babies) and 5,553rd for girls in the US (22 babies).
What does Vy mean?
Vietnamese
Often found in the name Tuong Vy, from the Sino-Vietnamese word for a rose.
Is Vy a girl's or a boy's name?
Vy is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 girls in the UK and 22 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vy in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,675th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 280% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were named Vy, making it the 2,675th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Vy of any year since it first appeared, in 1998.
Half of all the girls named Vy in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,603rd in England and Wales.
Vy in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #2,675 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Vy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,553rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 73,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 22 girls in the US were named Vy, making it the 5,553rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,321st. Its busiest year was 2008, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Vy in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vy in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #5,553 |
| 2024 | 23 | #5,440 |
| 2023 | 28 | #4,743 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 25 | #5,148 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,733 |
| 2015 | 27 | #4,979 |
| 2014 | 34 | #4,267 |
| 2013 | 24 | #5,484 |
| 2012 | 42 | #3,710 |
| 2011 | 31 | #4,567 |
| 2010 | 34 | #4,305 |
| 2009 | 37 | #4,106 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,221 |
| 2007 | 42 | #3,785 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 37 | #3,872 |
| 2004 | 51 | #3,029 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 30 | #4,175 |
| 2001 | 47 | #3,005 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,936 |
| 1999 | 36 | #3,440 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 22 | #4,656 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,676 |
| 1992 | 26 | #3,962 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 24 | #4,115 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 17 | #4,835 |
| 1987 | 20 | #4,119 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,755 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 21 | #3,725 |
| 1983 | 24 | #3,339 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
Names like Vy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Prisha, Saanvi, Jaap, Arya, Anaya, Navy, Viha, Vaishnavi, Gursanjh, Vaani, Anvi, Vanya
More Vietnamese names
An, Minh, Anh, Khoi, Khang, Ngoc, Can, Nhi, Nam, Thang, Khoa, Vinh, Phuong, Nguyen, Liem, Duy
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, “Vy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vy, updated 20 October 2026.