Given name & surname
Vy
Vy is a surname from Vietnamese. It is used in English and Vietnamese.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1979. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,326
- 37 boys · 1,289 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 52 babies
- 2025
- 22
- #5,712 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 22 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,712 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 0.9% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 52 in 2008. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (7). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,460 as a first name in 2020; 585 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
People named Vy
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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