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How popular is the name Vy?

Births per year, rank history and how many Vies are alive today.

Vy (female) is a rare girls' name in England and Wales, ranked 2605th in 2025 and given to 10 babies. It has risen strongly over the past decade. Vy is one spelling of a name also recorded as Vi; the combined figures below cover every spelling.

Across all spellings of the name, the Vy you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Vies born in England and Wales are between 5 and 25, and there are at least 110 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Vy - on average, only one in every 2,864 such rooms contains a Vy.

How many babies are named Vy each year?

Includes all spellings: Vy, Vi. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

035810200020201998: 32001: 32003: 42005: 32008: 32009: 42010: 52012: 32013: 52016: 32017: 32019: 52021: 52022: 32023: 82024: 42025: 10actual

Where does the Vy spelling rank?

1101001,00010,000200020201998: ranked 3,8482001: ranked 3,9982003: ranked 3,5942005: ranked 4,7982009: ranked 4,5642010: ranked 4,0122012: ranked 5,8762013: ranked 4,0502016: ranked 5,7852017: ranked 5,7652019: ranked 4,0012021: ranked 3,9612022: ranked 5,6702023: ranked 4,0572024: ranked 4,8442025: ranked 2,605

Where does the Vi spelling rank?

1101001,00010,00020202008: ranked 5,5452023: ranked 5,688

Where this data comes from

Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.

One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.

Chart: babies named Vy per year in England and Wales, 1998 to 2025, peaking at about 10 in 2025
Vy: births per year in England and Wales, 1998-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Vy most popular?

Vy peaked in 2025, when 10 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.

How many people are called Vy?

At least 110 people named Vy in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Vy?

Most living Vies are between 5 and 25; the most common age is about 2.

Is Vy becoming more or less popular?

Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.






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