Vega

#4,460 for girls in 2025, 31 births · #6,803 for boys in 2025, 12 births
Given to girls 79.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
#3,085
2019 · 52 births
Debut · girls
1918
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
746
since 1918

Vega over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #3,085, 2019peak #6,036, 2018girlsboys
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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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2025#4,46031#6,80312
2024#3,89238#9,8947
2023#3,42846#6,22014
2022#3,76540#6,14714
2021#3,80139#7,08911
2020#4,64828#6,29613
2019#3,08552#7,17311
2018#3,29348#6,03614
2017#3,76940#6,06014
2016#4,15735#7,60510
2015#4,14435#6,32413
2014#5,79722#7,56210
2013#4,88728#8,7898
2012#5,71023#7,55910
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2010#4,97428#9,6937
2009#5,70924#12,4915
2008#7,74216#9,8717
2007#5,70924#7,59010
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First appearance
1918

The first year at least five girls were named Vega! It came in at #4,809, and was given to 5 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1918–1956, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Vega is popular in 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedMINew York: #2,113 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 16,980 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Vega, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New York#2,113 · 1 in 16,980

Best ever in a state: #2,063 in New York, 2024.

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See more about Vega
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 568 spots since 2024 (#3,892 → #4,460)
  • 188 spots since 2020 (#4,648 → #4,460)
  • 316 spots since 2015 (#4,144 → #4,460)
Rise & fade · girls
101 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1918
  • Peaked 2019 at #3,085 (52 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
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 32,276
  • Highest: 1 in 32,276 girls born in 2019 were named Vega (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 51,847 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 44.6% of all girls named Vega (333) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#4,809 (1918)#4,809
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1950s6#5,377 (1957)#5,377
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1970s5#10,210 (1979)#10,210
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1990s9#9,479 (1999)#9,479
2000s166#5,233 (2006)#7,616
2010s333#3,085 (2019)#4,575
2020s222#3,428 (2023)#3,999

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.

Vega in 2019

girls
#3,085
52 births · 1 in 32,276 girls
boys
#7,173
11 births · 1 in 163,111 boys

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #3,085Vega52

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #7,173Vega11
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 32,276 of them was named Vega, which outranked 82.9% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vega
  1. #3,043Westlyn53
  2. #3,043Whitlee53
  3. #3,043Zoha53
  4. #3,085Vega52
  5. #3,085Adaly52
  6. #3,085Adelle52
  7. #3,085Advika52
  8. #3,130Adelynne51
  9. #3,130Alethea51
  10. #3,130Amna51

Tied with 44 names at #3,085; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,081Amoura#2,059 → #978
  2. ↑ 553Theodora#1,406 → #853
  3. ↑ 456Navy#1,269 → #813
  4. ↑ 415Emani#1,371 → #956
  5. ↑ 403Yaritza#1,216 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 451Emmarie#990 → #1,441
  2. ↓ 368Saniyah#934 → #1,302
  3. ↓ 252Tatiana#692 → #944
  4. ↓ 229Zhavia#879 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 219Jayden#979 → #1,198

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

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 163,111 of them was named Vega, which outranked 49.2% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vega
  1. #6,777Ziair12
  2. #6,777Zinedine12
  3. #6,777Zohaan12
  4. #7,173Vega11
  5. #7,173Aarion11
  6. #7,173Aashrith11
  7. #7,173Abdalrahman11
  8. #7,643Aadith10
  9. #7,643Aaliyan10
  10. #7,643Aaris10

Tied with 469 names at #7,173; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

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

See the top 100 for 2019 →