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.
Where Vesta is popular in 1944
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Oklahoma#424 · 1 in 4,057
- Missouri#446 · 1 in 6,144
- California#797 · 1 in 13,306
Best ever in a state: #133 in Nebraska, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oklahoma | #424 | 5 | 1 in 4,057 |
| Missouri | #446 | 5 | 1 in 6,144 |
| California | #797 | 6 | 1 in 13,306 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1944
Top girls' names in 1944
More about 1944
girls
1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 22,120 of them was named Vesta, which outranked 80.8% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #993Ronald61
- #993Una61
- #993Willene61
- #1,005Vesta60
- #1,005Carlyn60
- #1,005Donald60
- #1,005Earlean60
- #1,017Alvina59
- #1,017Bobbye59
- #1,017Cherryl59
Tied with 11 names at #1,005; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.