Vanya
2025 SSA
Below 5 births
About Vanya
Used as both a diminutive for Ivana, and as a given name in Bulgaria, Vanya has a cool sharp sound that could work internationally. It has been used from a character in the TV show and comic book The Umbrella Academy and is borne by singer and writer Vanya Shtereva and poet Vanya Petkova.
Vanya for girls#2408 US
The name is also used in India as a form of Aranyani, the Hindu deity of the forest. It is borrowed from the Sanskrit word for "wild" and "forest".
Vanya for boys
This short form of Ivan just could join the other Russian nickname names coming into fashion, and it does have the Chekhov connection.
Pronounced VAN-yuh.
As of October 2026, Vanya ranked #2408 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #2191 in 2020, Nameberry popularity #969.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #4,293 | 34 | 19 |
| 2016 | #3,579 | 44 | 24.8 |
| 2017 | #3,298 | 49 | 28.4 |
| 2018 | #3,435 | 46 | 27 |
| 2019 | #2,480 | 72 | 42.9 |
| 2020 | #2,191 | 83 | 51.3 |
| 2021 | #2,306 | 80 | 48.8 |
| 2022 | #2,316 | 81 | 49.4 |
| 2023 | #2,884 | 59 | 36.8 |
| 2024 | #2,624 | 67 | 41.4 |
| 2025 | #2,408 | 75 | 46.7 |
World rankings
Vanya for girls
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Famous Vanyas
- Vanya Aleksandrovich MirzoyanBoy
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Bulgarian female runner
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Bulgarian female volleyball player
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Femina Miss India World 2012
Vanya in pop culture
- Ivan Petrovitch "Vanya" VoynitskyBoy
title character in Anton Chekhov's "Uncle Vanya"
- "Vanya and Sonia and Masha and SpikeBoy
" play by Christopher Durang
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doorman in the Gossip Girl series
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- Vanya Hargreeves (White Violin)Boy
comic book character from "The Umbrella Academy" by Gerard Way