Vesta
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #15,293 · Last seen for boys in 1930 at #3,592
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1894 · 100 births
- Debut · girls
- 20 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,181since 1880
Vesta over time
Rank among girls' names. Vesta has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | #15,293 | 5 | — | |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 | — | |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | — | |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 | — | |
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,859 | 9 | — | |
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | — | |
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | — | |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | — | |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | — | |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | — | |
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | #14,502 | 6 | — | |
| 2004 | #14,179 | 6 | — | |
| 2003 | #12,408 | 7 | — | |
| 2002 | — | — | ||
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | — | |
| 2000 | — | — | ||
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | — | |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | — | |
| 1995 | — | — | ||
| 1994 | #8,122 | 10 | — | |
| 1993 | #7,498 | 11 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,314 | 14 | — | |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | — | |
| 1990 | #9,247 | 8 | — | |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 | — | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 | — | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #8,047 | 7 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,945 | 14 | — | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1980 | #6,789 | 9 | — | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | — | |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 | — | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | — | |
| 1976 | #5,601 | 10 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,950 | 16 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,720 | 12 | — | |
| 1973 | #5,580 | 9 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,543 | 17 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,166 | 21 | — | |
| 1970 | #4,761 | 11 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,723 | 10 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,708 | 22 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,963 | 18 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,839 | 19 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,684 | 21 | — | |
| 1964 | #2,151 | 31 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,424 | 25 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,357 | 26 | — | |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,246 | 27 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,852 | 36 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,820 | 36 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,067 | 28 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,194 | 25 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,556 | 43 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,392 | 52 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,410 | 48 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,285 | 55 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,383 | 46 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,365 | 45 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,289 | 50 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,144 | 61 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,217 | 55 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,192 | 52 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,003 | 59 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,005 | 60 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,006 | 62 | — | |
| 1942 | #917 | 73 | — | |
| 1941 | #858 | 72 | — | |
| 1940 | #762 | 84 | — | |
| 1939 | #868 | 65 | — | |
| 1938 | #731 | 88 | — | |
| 1937 | #824 | 69 | — | |
| 1936 | #757 | 79 | — | |
| 1935 | #660 | 100 | — | |
| 1934 | #635 | 110 | — | |
| 1933 | #650 | 102 | — | |
| 1932 | #650 | 106 | — | |
| 1931 | #649 | 104 | — | |
| 1930 | #641 | 117 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #648 | 116 | — | |
| 1928 | #664 | 111 | — | |
| 1927 | #643 | 125 | — | |
| 1926 | #557 | 162 | — | |
| 1925 | #575 | 156 | — | |
| 1924 | #513 | 194 | — | |
| 1923 | #555 | 169 | — | |
| 1922 | #497 | 195 | — | |
| 1921 | #500 | 197 | #4,322 | 5 |
| 1920 | #430 | 243 | — | |
| 1919 | #417 | 242 | #3,736 | 6 |
| 1918 | #408 | 257 | — | |
| 1917 | #440 | 213 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #422 | 220 | — | |
| 1915 | #438 | 195 | — | |
| 1914 | #424 | 160 | #3,264 | 5 |
| 1913 | #449 | 122 | — | |
| 1912 | #352 | 169 | — | |
| 1911 | #382 | 111 | — | |
| 1910 | #374 | 109 | — | |
| 1909 | #375 | 97 | — | |
| 1908 | #336 | 112 | — | |
| 1907 | #343 | 103 | — | |
| 1906 | #325 | 107 | — | |
| 1905 | #333 | 103 | — | |
| 1904 | #329 | 99 | — | |
| 1903 | #306 | 105 | — | |
| 1902 | #302 | 109 | — | |
| 1901 | #331 | 84 | — | |
| 1900 | #316 | 112 | — | |
| 1899 | #310 | 93 | — | |
| 1898 | #328 | 91 | — | |
| 1897 | #300 | 92 | — | |
| 1896 | #363 | 64 | — | |
| 1895 | #288 | 96 | — | |
| 1894 | #278 | 100 | — | |
| 1893 | #374 | 52 | — | |
| 1892 | #338 | 60 | — | |
| 1891 | #323 | 60 | — | |
| 1890 | #384 | 42 | — | |
| 1889 | #338 | 54 | — | |
| 1888 | #337 | 51 | — | |
| 1887 | #412 | 28 | — | |
| 1886 | #302 | 47 | — | |
| 1885 | #394 | 27 | — | |
| 1884 | #341 | 33 | — | |
| 1883 | #435 | 19 | — | |
| 1882 | #389 | 21 | — | |
| 1881 | #374 | 20 | — | |
| 1880 | #367 | 20 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Vesta was already there! It came in at #367, and was given to 20 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1995, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
See more about Vesta
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 106 spots in 1940 (#868 → #762)
- Biggest drop: 137 spots in 1939 (#731 → #868)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1894 at #278 (100 births)
- Births halved by 1949, 55 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1880–1942
- Highest: 1 in 2,229 girls born in 1894 were named Vesta (0.04%)
- Latest: 1 in 324,038 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 22.0% of all girls named Vesta (1,798) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 320 | #302 (1886) | #369 |
| 1890s | 750 | #278 (1894) | #329 |
| 1900s | 1,031 | #302 (1902) | #330 |
| 1910s | 1,798 | #352 (1912) | #411 |
| 1920s | 1,668 | #430 (1920) | #558 |
| 1930s | 940 | #635 (1934) | #707 |
| 1940s | 628 | #762 (1940) | #1,039 |
| 1950s | 414 | #1,285 (1952) | #1,632 |
| 1960s | 223 | #2,151 (1964) | #2,757 |
| 1970s | 123 | #3,166 (1971) | #5,142 |
| 1980s | 83 | #4,945 (1982) | #8,119 |
| 1990s | 66 | #6,314 (1992) | #8,830 |
| 2000s | 45 | #12,408 (2003) | #13,948 |
| 2010s | 57 | #7,442 (2017) | #12,460 |
| 2020s | 35 | #9,680 (2022) | #12,687 |
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.
Vesta in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 5,076 of them was named Vesta, which outranked 91.7% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 185,096 of them was named Vesta, which outranked 13.5% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 621 names at #3,981; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.