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Origin & history of Vanity1
ModernAmerican / Multicultural roots
Vanity comes from the ModernAmerican / Multicultural tradition, meaning Excessive pride or self-admiration.
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How popular is Vanity?
1988
peak year
The name Vanity reached its peak in 1988, with 116 registrations (ranked #1268). It had only entered records 6 years earlier, in 1982. Since the peak, the name has eased to well outside the top 1,000 (around #5750) today, averaging about 24 new babies per year. Vanity has been declining in recent years. Across all years on record, approximately 1,845 American babies have carried this name.
Year-by-year registrations
1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
116
Babies named in peak year
(ranked #1,268)
(ranked #1,268)
24
Avg. per year
(last decade)
(last decade)
240
Total registrations
last 10 years
last 10 years
1,845
All-time total
(since 1880)
(since 1880)
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Numerology of Vanity1
Life path number
The Leader
Leadership, independence and pioneering spirit.
🌟Natural leader
⚡Independent
🔥Ambitious
💎Original thinker
V4
A1
N5
I9
T2
Y7
Sum: 28 → Life path 1
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Personality of Vanity🌟
Independent & bold
These individuals chart their own course. They lead, they don't follow.
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Ambitious drive
Quiet determination sits behind everything they do.
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Original ideas
Their minds work differently — seeing angles others walk past.
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Natural authority
Without trying, they earn respect.
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