Vail

#6,116 for girls in 2025, 19 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 79.3% of the time

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Peak · girls
2018 · 53 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
434
since 1952

Vail over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202018peak #3,050, 2018peak #2,919, 1946girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,11619#10,6956
2024#4,89327
2023#8,48612
2022#5,79321#10,8636
2021#4,16734#9,7147
2020#4,07834#7,50210
2019#4,54630
2018#3,05053#10,7606
2017#4,14735#10,7756
2016#3,32648
2015#3,34648
2014#14,5586
2013#11,9698#12,1365
2012#13,4837
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2009#13,7047
2008#11,5999
2007#12,3675
2006#10,6626
2005#14,5026
2004#7,82814
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2002#10,6675
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1998#12,4266
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1970#7,9955
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1954#3,1767
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1922#3,8726
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1920#4,2865
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1918#4,1795
1917#3,9815
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First appearance
1952

The first year at least five girls were named Vail! It came in at #5,563, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1952–1997, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Vail
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,223 spots since 2024 (#4,893#6,116)
  • 2,038 spots since 2020 (#4,078#6,116)
  • 2,770 spots since 2015 (#3,346#6,116)
Rise & fade · girls
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1952
  • Peaked 2018 at #3,050 (53 births)
  • Births halved by 2022, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 32,096
  • Highest: 1 in 32,096 girls born in 2018 were named Vail (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 84,593 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 54.1% of all girls named Vail (235) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2008
  • Mostly boys until 2007, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#5,563 (1952)#5,563
1960s0
1970s5#7,995 (1970)#7,995
1980s0
1990s6#12,426 (1998)#12,426
2000s36#7,828 (2004)#11,908
2010s235#3,050 (2018)#7,303
2020s147#4,078 (2020)#5,589

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Vail in 2018

girls
#3,050
53 births · 1 in 32,096 girls
boys
#10,760
6 births · 1 in 302,693 boys

Top girls' names in 2018

  1. #1Emma18,824
  2. #2Olivia18,061
  3. #3Ava15,034
  4. #4Isabella14,575
  5. #5Sophia14,013
  6. #6Charlotte13,038
  7. #7Mia12,742
  8. #8Amelia12,405
  9. #9Harper10,646
  10. #10Evelyn10,433
  11. #3,050Vail53

Top boys' names in 2018

  1. #1Liam19,977
  2. #2Noah18,441
  3. #3William14,646
  4. #4James13,650
  5. #5Oliver13,500
  6. #6Benjamin13,488
  7. #7Elijah13,020
  8. #8Lucas12,665
  9. #9Mason12,526
  10. #10Logan12,447
  11. #10,760Vail6
More about 2018

girls

1,701,074 girls got a published name in 2018; 1 in 32,096 of them was named Vail, which outranked 83.2% of the 18,152 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vail
  1. #3,004Suzanne54
  2. #3,004Tyra54
  3. #3,004Xenia54
  4. #3,050Vail53
  5. #3,050Adia53
  6. #3,050Alaynah53
  7. #3,050Aleida53
  8. #3,107Abigayle52
  9. #3,107Acelyn52
  10. #3,107Alaa52

Tied with 56 names at #3,050; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. 680Meghan#1,387#707
  2. 567Dior#1,360#793
  3. 367Palmer#1,042#675
  4. 361Adalee#1,217#856
  5. 346Oaklynn#888#542
Fallers
  1. 334Audrina#847#1,181
  2. 234Courtney#952#1,186
  3. 232Marjorie#938#1,170
  4. 228Anabelle#969#1,197
  5. 225Angelique#799#1,024

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,816,158 boys got a published name in 2018; 1 in 302,693 of them was named Vail, which outranked 23.8% of the 14,118 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vail
  1. #9,670Zyen7
  2. #9,670Zylar7
  3. #9,670Zylus7
  4. #10,760Vail6
  5. #10,760Aabid6
  6. #10,760Aadhiran6
  7. #10,760Aadyant6
  8. #12,156Aabir5
  9. #12,156Aagam5
  10. #12,156Aakif5

Tied with 1,395 names at #10,760; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2017
Risers
  1. 594Genesis#1,575#981
  2. 436Baker#1,149#713
  3. 430Saint#1,287#857
  4. 319Kairo#802#483
  5. 307Watson#1,020#713
Fallers
  1. 235Aaden#893#1,128
  2. 224Dilan#917#1,141
  3. 201Craig#980#1,181
  4. 177Mike#951#1,128
  5. 172Harper#798#970

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2018