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

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Peak · girls
1894 · 100 births
Debut · girls
20 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,181
since 1880

Vesta over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Vesta has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #278, 1894girls
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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
2024#15,2935
2023#11,1698
2022#9,68010
2021#12,2067
2020#15,0885
2019#13,7996
2018
2017#7,44215
2016#10,8599
2015
2014#14,5586
2013
2012#14,9626
2011#12,1538
2010#13,4487
2009#13,7047
2008#13,8327
2007#15,4916
2006
2005#14,5026
2004#14,1796
2003#12,4087
2002
2001#13,5216
2000
1999
1998
1997#10,8367
1996#11,8076
1995
1994#8,12210
1993#7,49811
1992#6,31414
1991#7,98710
1990#9,2478
1989#6,16013
1988#7,11110
1987#7,9878
1986#10,9125
1985#10,6775
1984#8,1537
1983#8,0477
1982#4,94514
1981#10,4115
1980#6,7899
1979#7,3138
1978#5,21412
1977#7,5677
1976#5,60110
1975#3,95016
1974#4,72012
1973#5,5809
1972#3,54317
1971#3,16621
1970#4,76111
1969#4,72310
1968#2,70822
1967#2,96318
1966#2,83919
1965#2,68421
1964#2,15131
1963#2,42425
1962#2,35726
1961#2,47424
1960#2,24627
1959#1,85236
1958#1,82036
1957#2,06728
1956#2,19425
1955#1,55643
1954#1,39252
1953#1,41048
1952#1,28555
1951#1,38346
1950#1,36545
1949#1,28950
1948#1,14461
1947#1,21755
1946#1,19252
1945#1,00359
1944#1,00560
1943#1,00662
1942#91773
1941#85872
1940#76284
1939#86865
1938#73188
1937#82469
1936#75779
1935#660100
1934#635110
1933#650102
1932#650106
1931#649104
1930#641117#3,5926
1929#648116
1928#664111
1927#643125
1926#557162
1925#575156
1924#513194
1923#555169
1922#497195
1921#500197#4,3225
1920#430243
1919#417242#3,7366
1918#408257
1917#440213#3,9815
1916#422220
1915#438195
1914#424160#3,2645
1913#449122
1912#352169
1911#382111
1910#374109
1909#37597
1908#336112
1907#343103
1906#325107
1905#333103
1904#32999
1903#306105
1902#302109
1901#33184
1900#316112
1899#31093
1898#32891
1897#30092
1896#36364
1895#28896
1894#278100
1893#37452
1892#33860
1891#32360
1890#38442
1889#33854
1888#33751
1887#41228
1886#30247
1885#39427
1884#34133
1883#43519
1882#38921
1881#37420
1880#36720
First appearance
1880

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
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
  • Biggest jump: 106 spots in 1940 (#868#762)
  • Biggest drop: 137 spots in 1939 (#731#868)
Rise & fade · girls
14 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1894 at #278 (100 births)
  • Births halved by 1949, 55 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 63 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 63 yrs · run 1880–1942
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,229
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1910s
  • 22.0% of all girls named Vesta (1,798) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s320#302 (1886)#369
1890s750#278 (1894)#329
1900s1,031#302 (1902)#330
1910s1,798#352 (1912)#411
1920s1,668#430 (1920)#558
1930s940#635 (1934)#707
1940s628#762 (1940)#1,039
1950s414#1,285 (1952)#1,632
1960s223#2,151 (1964)#2,757
1970s123#3,166 (1971)#5,142
1980s83#4,945 (1982)#8,119
1990s66#6,314 (1992)#8,830
2000s45#12,408 (2003)#13,948
2010s57#7,442 (2017)#12,460
2020s35#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 1930

girls
#641
117 births · 1 in 9,623 girls
boys
#3,592
6 births · 1 in 182,896 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #641Vesta117

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #3,592Vesta6
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 9,623 of them was named Vesta, which outranked 87.8% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vesta
  1. #634Myrtis119
  2. #634Treva119
  3. #640Pattie118
  4. #641Vesta117
  5. #641Delois117
  6. #643Adrienne116
  7. #643Mozelle116
  8. #645Catalina115

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

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

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 182,896 of them was named Vesta, which outranked 20.9% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vesta
  1. #3,289Wilmont7
  2. #3,289Worthy7
  3. #3,289Wray7
  4. #3,592Vesta6
  5. #3,592Abron6
  6. #3,592Acey6
  7. #3,592Acy6
  8. #4,001Abbott5
  9. #4,001Acel5
  10. #4,001Adams5

Tied with 408 names at #3,592; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

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

See the top 100 for 1930