Vanna
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Vanna
Diminutive of the Italian Giovanna, or sometimes Vanessa or Ivanna.
Wheel of Fortune's Vanna White — who pronounces her name like the end of Savannah — got her name from her grandmother's next-door neighbor, who spelled her name Vana.
Vanna is also given to boys.
Pronounced VAN-uh.
As of November 2026, Vanna ranked #8195 for boys in US births in 1991 and #2930 for girls in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #3509 for boys in 1987 and #1240 for girls in 1986.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #4,261 | 35 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #3,252 | 51 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #3,224 | 51 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #2,543 | 70 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #3,199 | 51 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #3,330 | 48 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #3,332 | 47 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #3,606 | 43 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #3,412 | 47 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #3,635 | 43 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #3,802 | 40 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #2,930 | 58 |
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Vanna on lists
Famous Vannas
- Vanna Marie WhiteGirl
American TV personality and model
- Vanna BontaGirl
Italian,American actress and novelist
- Vanna Vanni (born Maria Angelica Giovanna Pegna)Girl
Italian actress
- Vanna Felicia RosenbergGirl
Swedish singer and actress
- Vanna (Luizi) VenturiGirl
mother of American architect Robert Venturi, for whom he designed an iconic postmodern house
Vanna in pop culture
- Monna Vanna (Lady Joan)Girl
character in Dante's La Vita Nuova, friend of his beloved Beatrice of The Divine Comedy
- Monna VannaGirl
main character in "Monna Vanna," unfinished opera by Sergei Rachmaninoff after a play by Maurice Maeterlinck
- VannaGirl
character on an episode of TV's "Star Trek"
Variations & nicknames
- VanaGirl